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Brachyopina

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

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

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

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Brachyopina Williston
2015Brachyopina 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
subtribeBrachyopinaWilliston 1885
subtribeBrachyopinaWilliston 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.

Subtr. Brachyopina Williston 1885
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G. Chrysogaster Meigen 1803
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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: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Chrysogaster antiquaria (106384)