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Pachygaster

Insecta - Diptera - Stratiomyidae

Taxonomy
Pachygaster was named by Meigen (1803). It is extant.

It was assigned to Stratiomyidae by Aldrich (1905); and to Pachygastrinae by James (1971) and Grund and Hauser (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Pachygaster Meigen p. 266
1905Pachygaster Aldrich p. 192
1971Pachygaster James p. 71
2005Pachygaster Grund and Hauser p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Homeodactyla
infraorderStratiomyomorpha
familyStratiomyidae()
subfamilyPachygastrinaeLoew 1856
genusPachygaster

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.

G. Pachygaster Meigen 1803
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Pachygaster antiqua James 1971
Pachygaster hymenaea Grund and Hauser 2005
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 Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) P. antiqua (124472)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic P. hymenaea (122474)