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Diaphorus alsiosus

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Taxonomy
Nematoproctus alsiosus was named by Meunier (1910). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Zanzibar Copal (Evers collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania.

It was recombined as Diaphorus alsiosus by Grichanov (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Nematoproctus alsiosus Meunier p. 141 figs. 1-3
1994Nematoproctus alsiosus Evenhuis p. 364
2008Diaphorus alsiosus Grichanov p. 139

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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
superfamilyEmpidoideaLatreille 1804
familyDolichopodidaeLatreille 1809
subfamilyDiaphorinaeSchiner 1864
genusDiaphorusMeigen 1824
speciesalsiosus()

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.

†Diaphorus alsiosus Meunier 1910
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Nematoproctus alsiosus (140788)