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Pipunculus

Insecta - Diptera - Pipunculidae

Taxonomy
Pipunculus was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. It is the type genus of Pipunculidae, Pipunculinae, Pipunculini.

It was assigned to Muscides by Latreille (1802); and to Pipunculini by Motamedinia et al. (2022).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Pipunculus Latreille p. 463
1850Pipunculus succini Loew p. 42
2022Pipunculus Motamedinia 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()
familyPipunculidae
subfamilyPipunculinae
tribePipunculini
genusPipunculus

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. Pipunculus Latreille 1802
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Invalid names: Pipunculus succini Loew 1850 [nomen nudum]
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available