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Ommatius

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Taxonomy
Ommatius was named by Wiedemann (1821). It is extant. It is the type genus of Ommatiini.

It was assigned to Asilidae by Aldrich (1905) and Scarbrough and Poinar (1992); and to Ommatiinae by Dikow (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Ommatius Wiedemann
1905Ommatius Aldrich p. 273
1992Ommatius Scarbrough and Poinar
2009Ommatius Dikow p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
superfamilyAsiloidea
familyAsilidae()
subfamilyOmmatiinae()
genusOmmatiusWiedemann 1821

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.

G. Ommatius Wiedemann 1821
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Ommatius fimbriatus Scarbrough and Poinar 1992
Ommatius subtus Scarbrough and Poinar 1992
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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic O. fimbriatus, O. subtus (122472)