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Pseudochironomini

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Pseudochironomini Saether
2007Pseudochironomini Doitteau and Nel p. 51
2020Pseudochironomini Krosch et al.
2021Pseudochironomini Giłka et al. p. 876
2023Pseudochironomini Giłka et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyChironominaeMacquart 1838
tribePseudochironominiSaether 1977
tribePseudochironominiSaether 1977

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. Pseudochironomini Saether 1977
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G. †Eomicromimus Giłka et al. 2023
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Eomicromimus polliciformis Giłka et al. 2023
Eomicromimus serpens Giłka et al. 2023
G. †Eoriethia Giłka et al. 2023
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Eoriethia ursipes Giłka et al. 2023
G. Megacentron Freeman 1961
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Megacentron eocenicus Doitteau and Nel 2007
G. †Mesoacentron Giłka et al. 2021
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Mesoacentron kaluginae Giłka et al. 2021
G. Microtendipes Kieffer 1915
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Microtendipes eocenicus Doitteau and Nel 2007
G. †Palaeocentron Giłka et al. 2021
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Palaeocentron krzeminskii Giłka et al. 2021
G. Riethia Kieffer 1917
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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 99.60000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Palaeocentron krzeminskii (187929)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation Pseudochironomini indet., Mesoacentron kaluginae (122590)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Megacentron eocenicus, Microtendipes eocenicus (123850)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Eomicromimus polliciformis, Eomicromimus serpens, Eoriethia ursipes (123419)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New South Wales) Riethia sp. (224044)