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Brachystomatinae

Insecta - Diptera - Empididae

Taxonomy
Brachystomatinae was named by Melander (1908). It is extant.

It was assigned to Brachystomatidae by Sinclair and Cumming (2006); and to Empididae by Wahlberg and Johanson (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Brachystomatinae Melander
2006Brachystomatinae Sinclair and Cumming p. 80
2018Brachystomatinae Wahlberg and Johanson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
superfamilyEmpidoideaLatreille 1804
familyEmpididaeLatreille 1804
subfamilyBrachystomatinaeMelander 1908
subfamilyBrachystomatinaeMelander 1908

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.

Subfm. Brachystomatinae Melander 1908
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Tr. Brachystomatini Melander 1908
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G. Brachystoma Meigen 1822
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Invalid names: Brachystoma spinulosa Loew 1850 [nomen nudum]
Tr. Trichopezini Vaillant 1981
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G. Apalocnemis Philippi 1865
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Apalocnemis canadambris Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Apalocnemis gracilis Meunier 1908
Invalid names: Timalphes Melander 1928 [synonym]
G. Gloma Meigen 1822
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Gloma hirta Loew 1850
Invalid names: Gloma acuticornis Loew 1850 [nomen nudum], Gloma palpata Loew 1850 [nomen nudum]
G. Heleodromia Haliday 1833
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Invalid names: Heleodromia (Illiesiella) Wagner 1985 [replaced]
Heleodromia delicata Meunier 1908
Heleodromia dolosa Meunier 1908
Heleodromia starki Hoffeins et al. 1997
G. †Palaeoparamesia Meunier 1902
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Palaeoparamesia proosti Meunier 1902
G. Trichopeza Rondani 1856
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Trichopeza sucina Melander 1928
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Invalid names: Trichopeza longicornis Meunier 1908 [replaced]
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: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Priabonian or 83.50000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Manitoba) Apalocnemis canadambris (122354)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Heleodromia starki (154618) Phyllodromia dolosa, Phyllodromia delicata, Palaeoparamesia proosti, Trichopeza longicornis, Brachystoma gracilis, Brachystoma spinulosa (123927)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Heleodromia starki, Heleodromia foveata (123419)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Gloma hirta (109625)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Heleodromia starki (124273)