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Valeseguyidae

Insecta - Diptera - Valeseguyidae

Taxonomy
Valeseguyinae was named by Amorim and Tozoni (1994). It is extant. Its type is Valeseguya.

It was reranked as the family Valeseguyidae by Amorim and Grimaldi (2006).

It was assigned to Mycetobiidae by Amorim and Tozoni (1994); and to Scatopsoidea by Amorim and Grimaldi (2006).

Subtaxa
Cretoseguya, Valeseguya (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Valeseguyinae Amorim and Tozoni p. 532
2006Valeseguyidae Amorim and Grimaldi p. 509

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
infraorderPsychodomorpha
superfamilyScatopsoidea
familyValeseguyidae()
familyValeseguyidae()

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. Valeseguyidae Amorim and Tozoni 1994
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G. †Cretoseguya Amorim and Grimaldi 2006
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Cretoseguya burmitica Amorim and Grimaldi 2006
G. Valeseguya Colless 1990
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Valeseguya disjuncta Grimaldi 1991
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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Langhian or 99.60000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Cretoseguya burmitica (111688)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Valeseguya disjuncta (122982)