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Opomyzoidea

Insecta - Diptera

Taxonomy
Opomyzoidea is a superfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Acalyptratae by Grimaldi and Mathis (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Opomyzoidea Grimaldi and Mathis

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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
—AcalyptrataeMacquart 1835
superfamilyOpomyzoidea
superfamilyOpomyzoidea

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.

Superfm. Opomyzoidea
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Fm. Anthomyzidae Czerny 1903
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Subfm. Anthomyzinae Frey 1921
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G. Anthomyza Fallen 1810
G. †Grimalantha Roháček 1998
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†Grimalantha vulnerata Roháček 1998
G. †Lacrimyza Roháček 2013
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†Lacrimyza christelae Roháček 2013
†Lacrimyza lacrimosa Roháček 2013
G. Reliquantha Roháček 2013
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†Reliquantha eocena Roháček 2014
Subfm. †Protanthomyzinae Roháček 1998
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G. †Protanthomyza Hennig 1965
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†Protanthomyza collarti Hennig 1965
†Protanthomyza grimaldii Roháček 2020
†Protanthomyza hennigi Roháček 2013
†Protanthomyza hoffeinsorum Roháček 2013
†Protanthomyza krylovi Roháček 2013
†Protanthomyza loewi Roháček 2013
†Protanthomyza meunieri Roháček 2013
†Protanthomyza presli Roháček 2013
†Protanthomyza ryszardi Roháček and Hoffeins 2020
†Protanthomyza tschirnhausi Roháček 2013
Fm. †Clusiomitidae Roháček and Hoffeins 2021
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G. †Acartophthalmites Hennig 1965
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†Acartophthalmites crassipes Roháček and Hoffeins 2021
†Acartophthalmites luridus Roháček and Hoffeins 2021
†Acartophthalmites rugosus Roháček and Hoffeins 2021
†Acartophthalmites willii Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2018
G. †Clusiomites Roháček and Hoffeins 2021
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†Clusiomites clusioides Roháček 2016
†Clusiomites ornatus Roháček and Hoffeins 2021
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

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 (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Acartophthalmites clusioides (178680) Acartophthalmites rugosus (124201) Acartophthalmites tertiaria (123766 123771 123927 123929 124205) Protanthomyza collarti (123926) Protanthomyza krylovi, Protanthomyza loewi, Protanthomyza meunieri, Protanthomyza presli, Lacrimyza lacrimosa, Acartophthalmites luridus, Protanthomyza sp. (124776)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Protanthomyza collarti (123930) Protanthomyza hennigi, Protanthomyza hoffeinsorum, Protanthomyza krylovi, Lacrimyza lacrimosa, Reliquantha eocena, Protanthomyza grimaldii, Clusiomites ornatus, Acartophthalmites luridus, Acartophthalmites rugosus, Acartophthalmites crassipes, Protanthomyza ryszardi (123419)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Protanthomyza tschirnhausi, Lacrimyza christelae (124273)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Grimalantha vulnerata (122982)