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Protapioceridae

Insecta - Diptera - Protapioceridae

Taxonomy
Protapioceridae was named by Ren (1998).

It was assigned to Brachycera by Ren (1998); and to Asiloidea by Zhang et al. (2007) and Zhang (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Protapioceridae Ren p. 76
2007Protapioceridae Zhang et al. p. 28
2015Protapioceridae Zhang p. 460

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

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.

Fm. †Protapioceridae Ren 1998
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G. †Protapiocera Ren 1998
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Protapiocera convergens Zhang et al. 2007
G. †Pseudapiocera Zhang 2015
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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: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Aptian or 130.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Protapiocera convergens (119055) Protapiocera megista, Protapiocera ischyra (138436)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Shandong) Pseudapiocera shandongensis (161254)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Protapiocera sp. (105969 113349)