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Macrocerinae

Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Macrocerinae Rondani
1899Macrocera soccata Meunier p. 163 figs. Pl 1, fig 7
1909Macrocerinae Johannsen p. 27
1909Macrocera soccata Johannsen p. 30
1944Macrocerinae Statz p. 70
1981Macrocerinae Matile
1990Macrocerinae Matile p. 134
2002Macrocerinae Blagoderov and Arillo p. 31
2002Macroceridae Hong p. 328
2006Macrocerinae Evenhuis p. 28
2006Macrocera soccata Evenhuis p. 46
2019Macrocerinae Blagoderov p. 541
2019Macrocerinae Blagoderov et al. p. 643
2020Macrocerinae Mantič et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyKeroplatidaeRondani 1856
subfamilyMacrocerinaeRondani 1856
subfamilyMacrocerinaeRondani 1856

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Macrocerinae Rondani 1856
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G. †Eomacroceritis Hong 2002
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Tr. Macrocerini Rondani 1856
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G. †Hegalari Blagoderov and Arillo 2002
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Hegalari antzinako Blagoderov and Arillo 2002
Hegalari minor Blagoderov and Arillo 2002
G. Hesperodes Coquillet 1900
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Hesperodes concinna Meunier 1917
Invalid names: Archaemacrocera Meunier 1917 [synonym]
G. Macrocera Meigen 1803
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Macrocera apithanos Kerr and Greenwalt 2022
Macrocera archaica Armbruster 1938
Macrocera electricornis Evenhuis 2006
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Invalid names: Macrocera longicornis Meunier 1904 [replaced]
Macrocera obliqua Cockerell 1921
Macrocera umbonata Statz 1944
Invalid names: Macrocera grandis Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Macrocera minuta Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Promacrocera Armbruster 1938 [synonym]
G. †Schlueterimyia Matile 1981
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Tr. Robsonomyiini Matile 1990
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G. †Kelneria Matile 1979
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Kelneria abundare Meunier 1904
Kelneria ciliata Meunier 1904
Kelneria filiformis Meunier 1904
Kelneria setosa Matile 1979
G. Micrepimera Matile 1990
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Micrepimera elegantissima Meunier 1904
Micrepimera neli Blagoderov and Skibińska 2019
Invalid names: Macrocera soccata Meunier 1899 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the MN 5 or 105.30000 to 13.65000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Álava) Hegalari antzinako, Hegalari minor (108769)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Schlueterimyia cenomanica (123019)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8China (Liaoning) Macrocera melanopoda (125469)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Macrocera apithanos (135666 203699)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Platyura obliqua (123959)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Micrepimera neli (123215)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Archaemacrocera concinna (124189) Kelneria setosa (123936) Kelneria sp., Macrocera abundare, Macrocera filiformis, Macrocera ciliata, Kelneria setosa, Macrocera longicornis, Macrocera elegantissima, Macrocera soccata (123927) Macrocera abundare (124073 140082)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Macrocera umbonata (122010)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Promacrocera archaica (127613)