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Leiinae

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Leiini Edwards
1940Leiini Edwards p. 125
1989Leiinae Matile p. 139
1994Leiinae Baxter
1998Leiini Blagoderov p. 58
2007Leiini Blagoderov
2021Leiinae Oliveira and Amorim
2022Leiinae Amorim and Oliveira p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
subfamilyLeiinae(Edwards 1925)
subfamilyLeiinae(Edwards 1925)

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. Leiinae Edwards 1925
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G. †Lecadonileia Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
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Lecadonileia parvistyla Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
Tr. Leiini Edwards 1925
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G. Leia Meigen 1818
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Leia aberrans Statz 1944
Leia crassipalpis Meunier 1904
Leia crassiuscula Förster 1891
Leia curvipetiolata Meunier 1904
Leia exhumata Statz 1944
Leia frequens Loew 1850
Leia gracillima Förster 1891
Leia gurnardensis Blagoderov 2019
Leia longipalpis Meunier 1904
Leia longipes Förster 1891
Leia longipetiolata Meunier 1904
Leia miocenica Cockerell 1911
Leia platypus Loew 1850
Leia vetusta Meunier 1919
Invalid names: Glaphyroptera Winnertz 1863 [synonym], Neoglaphyroptera Osten Sacken 1878 [synonym]
G. †Temaleia Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
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Temaleia birmitica Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
Tr. Manotini Edwards 1925
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G. †Alavamanota Blagoderov and Arillo 2002
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Alavamanota burmitina Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
Alavamanota hispanica Blagoderov and Arillo 2002
G. Allactoneura de Meijere 1907
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Allactoneura veiti Theobald 1937
G. †Cretomanota Amorim and Oliveira 2022
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Cretomanota gondwanica Amorim and Oliveira 2022
G. Leiella Enderlein 1910
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Leiella maculicauda Baxter 1994
Invalid names: Metaleia Baxter 1994 [synonym]
G. Manota Williston 1896
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Manota concolor Statz 1944
Manota longipalpis Meunier 1904
Invalid names: Cerato Meunier 1904 [synonym]
G. Paramanota Tuomikoski 1966
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Paramanota grandaeva Hippa 2010
Tr. Megophthalmidiini Oliveira and Amorim 2021
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G. Aphrastomyia Coher and Lane 1949
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Aphrastomyia planistylus Baxter 1994
Tr. Rondaniellini Oliveira and Amorim 2021
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G. Rondaniella Johannsen 1909
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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 Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 122.46000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Cretomanota gondwanica (228235)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Álava) Alavamanota hispanica (108769)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Alavamanota burmitina, Temaleia birmitica (111688)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Manitoba) Lecadonileia parvistyla (122354)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Leja frequens, Leja interrupta, Leja platypus (109625)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Leia gurnardensis (123960)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Cerato longipalpis, Neoglaphyroptera curvipetiolata, Neoglaphyroptera longipetiolata, Neoglaphyroptera crassipalpis (123927) Neoglaphyroptera longipalpis (124073) Paramanota grandaeva (123420)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Leia miocenica (144782)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Glaphyroptera crassiuscula (121474) Glaphyroptera gracillima, Glaphyroptera longipes (121476)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Allactoneura veiti, Leia gracillima, Leia longipes (122407)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Neoglaphyroptera vetusta (138696)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Manota concolor, Leia aberrans, Leia exhumata (122010)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Leiini indet. (140215 140312) Manota sp. (178483)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Metaleia maculicauda, Aphrastomyia planistylus (122472)