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Bombyliinae

Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Bombyliinae Latreille p. 427
1999Bombyliinae Evenhuis and Greathead
2019Bombyliinae Li and Yeates p. 865
2020Bombyliinae Maheu and Nel p. 81

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

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.

Subfm. Bombyliinae Latreille 1802
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Tr. Bombyliini Latreille 1802
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G. Bombylius Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Bombylius (Bombylius) Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Bombylius fossilis Handlirsch 1907 [nomen nudum], Bombylius tertiarius Handlirsch 1907 [nomen nudum]
Tr. Conophorini Becker 1913
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G. †Eoconophorina Maheu and Nel 2020
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†Eoconophorina delfineae Maheu and Nel 2020
Tr. Dischistini Hull 1973
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G. Dischistus Loew 1855
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†Dischistus tertiarius Theobald 1937
Tr. Eclimini Hall 1969
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G. †Alepidophora Cockerell 1909
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†Alepidophora cockerelli Melander 1949
†Alepidophora maxima Lewis 1972 [bee fly]
†Alepidophora minor Melander 1949
†Alepidophora pealei Cockerell 1909
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Messinian or 56.00000 to 5.33300 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 - 47.8France (Oise) Eoconophorina delfineae (123850)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Alepidophora cockerelli (106381) Alepidophora minor (106379) Alepidophora pealei (124002)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Montana) Alepidophora maxima (120623)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Dischistus tertiarius (122508)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Bombylius depereti (122487)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Bombylius fossilis, Bombylius tertiarius (113751)