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Brachyopini

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy
Brachyopini was named by Williston (1885). It is extant.

It was assigned to Eristalinae by Mengual et al. (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Brachyopini Williston
1922Chrysogasterini Shannon
1922Myioleptini Shannon p. 119
1922Chrysogasterini Shannon p. 125
1949Chrysogastrini Hull p. 331
1949Myioleptini Hull p. 339
2015Brachyopini Mengual 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()
familySyrphidae()
subfamilyEristalinae
tribeBrachyopiniWilliston 1885
tribeBrachyopiniWilliston 1885

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. Brachyopini Williston 1885
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Subtr. Brachyopina Williston 1885
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G. Chrysogaster Meigen 1803
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G. Myolepta Newman 1838
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Subg. †Myolepta (Arctolepta) Hull 1945
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Subg. †Myolepta (Sericolepta) Hull 1945
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†Myolepta andreei Hull 1945
†Myolepta elisabethae Statz 1940
†Myolepta germanica Hull 1945
†Myolepta luehei Cockerell 1910
†Myolepta valida Hull 1945
†Myolepta woteni Hull 1945
Subtr. Spheginina Williston 1887
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G. †Palaeoascia Meunier 1893
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†Palaeoascia atrata Hull 1945
†Palaeoascia nigra Hull 1945
G. †Palaeosphegina Meunier 1901
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†Palaeosphegina baccha Hull 1945
†Palaeosphegina elegantula Meunier 1904
†Palaeosphegina fumosa Hull 1945
†Palaeosphegina pilosa Hull 1945
G. †Pseudosphegina Hull 1945
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G. Sphegina Meigen 1822
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†Sphegina abrasa Theobald 1937
†Sphegina obscura Hull 1945
Invalid names: Chrysogasterini Shannon 1922 [synonym], Myioleptini Shannon 1922 [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: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Chattian or 37.20000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Myiolepta luehei, Cheilosialepta baltica, Arctolepta calamitans, Myiolepta valida, Myiolepta andreei, Myiolepta germanica, Sericolepta maculata, Palaeoascia uniappendiculata, Palaeoascia atrata, Palaeoascia nigra, Pseudosphegina dichoptica, Palaeosphegina elegantula, Palaeosphegina pilosa (123927) Myiolepta valida, Palaeoascia uniappendiculata, Palaeoascia atrata, Pseudosphegina withersi, Palaeosphegina elegantula (123766) Myiolepta woteni, Palaeosphegina baccha, Palaeosphegina fumosa, Pseudosphegina carpenteri (124205) Palaeoascia uniappendiculata (124073) Palaeoascia uniappendiculata, Palaeosphegina elegantula (123757) Palaeosphegina elegantula (123493 140789)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Chrysogaster antiquaria, Sphegina obscura (106384)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Sphegina abrasa (122407)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Myiolepta elisabethae (122010)