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Sarcophagidae (flesh fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Sarcophagidae

Taxonomy
Sarcophagidae was named by Macquart (1834). It is extant.

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

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Sarcophagidae Macquart
2013Sarcophagidae O'Hara et al. p. 32

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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()
superfamilyOestroideaLeach 1815
familySarcophagidaeMacquart 1834
familySarcophagidaeMacquart 1834

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.

Fm. Sarcophagidae Macquart 1834 [flesh fly]
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Subfm. Miltogramminae Lioy 1864 [satellite fly]
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Tr. Sarcotachinini Rohdendorf 1928
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G. Dolichotachina Villeneuve 1913
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Dolichotachina smithii Townsend 1938
Invalid names: Electrotachina Townsend 1938 [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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

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 Muscidae indet. (123991)