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Sciapodinae

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Taxonomy

Sciapodinae was named by Becker (1917). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dolichopodidae by Becker (1917), Statz (1940), Pollet et al. (2004), Bickel (2016) and Grichanov (2023).

Subtaxa

Amblypsilopus, Mesorhaga, Sciapus (syn. Psilopus), Wheelerenomyia

Synonyms

Agonosominae was named by Aldrich (1905). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sciapodinae by Sabrosky (1999).

It was assigned to Dolichopodidae by Aldrich (1905).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1905	Agonosominae Aldrich p. 283
1917	Sciapodinae Becker p. 121
1940	Sciapodinae Statz p. 139
2004	Sciapodinae Pollet et al. p. 67
2016	Sciapodinae Bickel p. 12
2023	Sciapodinae Grichanov p. S257

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta

Rank	Name	Author
order	Diptera
—	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994
suborder	Brachycera	Zetterstedt 1842
—	Heterodactyla
—	Eremoneura
superfamily	Empidoidea	Latreille 1804
family	Dolichopodidae	Latreille 1809
subfamily	Sciapodinae
subfamily	Sciapodinae

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. Sciapodinae Becker 1917

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G. Amblypsilopus Bigot 1888

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†Amblypsilopus monicae Bickel 2016

G. Mesorhaga Schiner 1868

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†Mesorhaga pseudolacrymans Bickel 2016

G. Sciapus Zeller 1842

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†Sciapus combaluzieri Timon-David 1944

†Sciapus erasmius Meuffels and Grootaert 1999

Invalid names: Sciapus amabilis Statz 1940 [replaced]

†Sciapus rottensis Statz 1940

Invalid names: Psilopus Meigen 1824 [replaced]

G. †Wheelerenomyia Meunier 1907

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†Wheelerenomyia bickeli Negrobov and Selivanova 2003

†Wheelerenomyia corcula Meunier 1908

†Wheelerenomyia eocenica Meunier 1907

†Wheelerenomyia longicerca Negrobov and Selivanova 2003

†Wheelerenomyia originaria Meunier 1907

†Wheelerenomyia pacata Meunier 1907

†Wheelerenomyia parca Meunier 1907

†Wheelerenomyia parva Meunier 1907

†Wheelerenomyia parvula Meunier 1907

†Wheelerenomyia pellucida Meunier 1907

†Wheelerenomyia perastutula Meunier 1907

†Wheelerenomyia perattica Meunier 1907

†Wheelerenomyia quadrispinosa Negrobov and Selivanova 2003

†Wheelerenomyia subparva Meunier 1916

†Wheelerenomyia vladimiri Negrobov and Selivanova 2003

Invalid names: Agonosominae Aldrich 1905 [synonym]

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 Early/Lower Miocene or 38.00000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Lithuania	Amesorhaga bickeli, Amesorhaga longicerca, Amesorhaga quadrispinosa, Amesorhaga vladimiri (113470)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Nematoproctus originarius, Nematoproctus pacatus, Nematoproctus parcus, Nematoproctus parvus, Nematoproctus parvulus, Psilopus pellucidus, Psilopus perastutulus, Psilopus peratticus, Neurigona corculus, Wheelerenomyia eocenica, Nematoproctus subparvus (123927) Psilopus perastutulus, Neurigona corculus (124073) Wheelerenomyia corcula (124003)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)	Sciapus rottensis, Sciapus amabilis (122010)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France (Bouches-du-Rhone)	Sciapus combaluzieri (155869)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Mexico	Mesorhaga sp. 1, Mesorhaga sp. 2, Condylostylus sp. 2, Condylostylus sp. 3, Condylostylus sp. 4, Condylostylus sp. 1 (21977)