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Hippoboscoidea

Insecta - Diptera

Taxonomy
Hippoboscoidea was named by Samouelle (1819). It is extant.

It was assigned to Calyptratae by Petersen et al. (2007) and Yeates et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Hippoboscoidea Samouelle
2007Hippoboscoidea Petersen et al.
2007Hippoboscoidea Yeates et al.

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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
—Calyptratae()
superfamilyHippoboscoideaSamouelle 1819
superfamilyHippoboscoideaSamouelle 1819

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. Hippoboscoidea Samouelle 1819
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Fm. Glossinidae Malloch 1929 [tsetse fly]
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G. Glossina Wiedmann 1830
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†Glossina oligocenus Scudder 1892
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Invalid names: Glossina veterna Cockerell 1916 [synonym]
†Glossina osborni Cockerell 1909
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Invalid names: Glossina armatipes Cockerell 1917 [synonym]
†Glossina sedaliensis Miller 1892
Invalid names: Cockerellitha Townsend 1938 [synonym], Lithoglossina Townsend 1938 [synonym], Paloestrus Scudder 1892 [synonym]
Fm. Hippoboscidae Samouelle 1819 [louse fly]
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G. †Eornithoica Nel et al. 2023
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†Eornithoica grimaldii Nel et al. 2023
Tr. Olfersiini Thomson 1869
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G. Icosta Speiser 1905
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Subg. Icosta (Ornithoponus) Aldrich 1923
Subfm. Ornithomyinae Costa 1846
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Tr. Ornithomyini Costa 1846
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G. Ornithomya Latreille 1802
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†Ornithomya rottensis Statz 1940
G. Stilbometopa Coquillett 1899
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Invalid names: Lynchia Weyenbergh 1881 [replaced]
Fm. Streblidae Kolenati 1863 [bat fly]
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Subfm. Nycterophiliinae Wenzel 1966
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G. †Enischnomyia Poinar and Brown 2012
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†Enischnomyia stegosoma Poinar and Brown 2012
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 Ypresian to the top of the Langhian or 56.00000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Colorado) Eornithoica grimaldii (229440)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Glossina oligocena (106381 124680) Glossina oligocena, Glossina osborni (114150) Glossina veterna, Glossina armatipes (122977) Paloestrus oligocenus (106384)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Ornithoponus rottensis (122010)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Streblidae indet. (134455)