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Steganinae

Insecta - Diptera - Drosophilidae

Taxonomy
Steganinae is a subfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Drosophilidae by Grimaldi (1990), Grimaldi (1993) and Yassin (2013).

Subtaxa
Gitonini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Steganinae Grimaldi
1993Steganinae Grimaldi
2013Steganinae Yassin p. 356

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
—Schizophora
superfamilyEphydroidea
familyDrosophilidaeRondani 1856
subfamilySteganinae
subfamilySteganinae

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. Steganinae
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Tr. Gitonini Grimaldi 1990
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G. †Electrophortica Hennig 1965
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†Electrophortica succini Hennig 1965
G. Hyalistata Wheeler 1960
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†Hyalistata pallida Wheeler 1960
†Hyalistata vitrea Grimaldi 1993
G. Pseudiastata Coquillett 1908
Invalid names: Acletoxenina Grimaldi 1990 [invalid subgroup]
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 Priabonian to the top of the Langhian or 38.00000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Electrophortica succini (123762)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Hyalistata vitrea (122982)