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Macropelopiini

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Macropelopiini was named by Zavrel (1929). It is extant. Its type is Macropelopia.

It was assigned to Tanypodinae by Doitteau and Nel (2007) and Krosch et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Macropelopiini Zavrel
2007Macropelopiini Doitteau and Nel p. 5
2022Macropelopiini Krosch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyTanypodinae
tribeMacropelopiiniZavrel 1929
tribeMacropelopiiniZavrel 1929

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.

Tr. Macropelopiini Zavrel 1929
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G. Apsectrotanypus Fittkau 1962
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Apsectrotanypus peculiaris Seredszus and Wichard 2007
G. Brundiniella Roback 1978
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Brundiniella glabrata Doitteau and Nel 2007
Brundiniella patriciae Doitteau and Nel 2007
Brundiniella soumyia Doitteau and Nel 2007
G. Macropelopia Thienemann 1916
G. Psectrotanypus Kieffer 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 Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Macropelopiini indet. A, Brundiniella soumyia, Brundiniella patriciae, Brundiniella glabrata (123850)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Psectrotanypus sp. (224195)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Apsectrotanypus peculiaris (145846)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Macropelopia sp. (113621)