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Megasella

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Taxonomy
Megasella was named by Paetel (1875).

It was assigned to Phoridae by Lazar et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Megasella Paetel
2012Megasella Lazar 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()
superfamilyPlatypezoideaFallen 1815
familyPhoridae
genusMegasellaPaetel 1875

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. †Megasella Paetel 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available