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Aethiopomyia

Insecta - Diptera - Muscidae

Taxonomy
Aethiopomyia was named by Malloch (1921). It is extant. Its type is Spilogaster gigas.

It was assigned to Muscidae by O'Hara et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Aethiopomyia Malloch
1921Paleotachina Townsend p. 134
2013Aethiopomyia O'Hara et al.

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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
suborderCyclorrhapha()
Schizophora
Calyptratae()
familyMuscidae()
genusAethiopomyiaMalloch 1921

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. Aethiopomyia Malloch 1921
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Aethiopomyia gigas Stein 1906
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Invalid names: Paleotachina smithii Townsend 1921 [synonym]
Invalid names: Paleotachina Townsend 1921 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Echinomyia sp. (123991)