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Oscinellinae

Insecta - Diptera - Chloropidae

Taxonomy
Oscinellinae is a subfamily. It is extant. Its type is Oscinella.

It was assigned to Chloropidae by Statz (1940), von Tschirnhaus and Hoffeins (2009), Riccardi et al. (2026), Liu et al. (2026).

Subtaxa
Hippelatini, Oscinellini, Protoscinella
Entered
by J. Karr (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2012-03-04; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-01-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Oscinellinae Statz p. 153
2009Oscinellinae von Tschirnhaus and Hoffeins p. 177
2026Oscinellinae Liu et al.
2026Oscinellinae Riccardi et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
—Schizophora
familyChloropidaeRondani 1856
subfamilyOscinellinae
subfamilyOscinellinae

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.

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Tr. Hippelatini Duda 1930
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G. Hippelates Loew 1863
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†Hippelates brodiei Cockerell 1915
Tr. Oscinellini Becker 1910
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G. Oscinella Becker 1909
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†Oscinella dormescens Statz 1940
G. †Protoscinella Hennig 1965
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†Protoscinella electrica Hennig 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available