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Microdontinae

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy
Microdontinae was named by Rondani (1845). It is extant.

It was assigned to Syrphidae by Hull (1945), Hull (1949) and Mengual et al. (2015).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Microdontinae Rondani
1945Microdontinae Hull p. 330
1949Microdontinae Hull p. 305
2015Microdontinae Mengual et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
familySyrphidae()
subfamilyMicrodontinaeRondani 1845
subfamilyMicrodontinaeRondani 1845

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. Microdontinae Rondani 1845
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Tr. Microdontini Rondani 1845
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G. Microdon Meigen 1803
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available