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Pipizinae

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy
Pipizinae was named by Williston (1885). It is extant. Its type is Pipiza.

It was assigned to Syrphidae by Mengual et al. (2015) and Nidergas et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Pipizinae Williston
2015Pipizinae Mengual et al.
2018Pipizinae Nidergas et al. p. 540

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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
suborderCyclorrhapha()
familySyrphidae()
subfamilyPipizinaeWilliston 1885
subfamilyPipizinaeWilliston 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.

Subfm. Pipizinae Williston 1885
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G. †Oligopipiza Nidergas et al. 2018
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Oligopipiza quadriguttata Nidergas et al. 2018
Tr. Pipizini Williston 1885
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G. Pipiza Fallen 1810
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Subg. †Pipiza (Pseudopipiza) Hull 1945
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Pipiza melanderi Hull 1945
Pipiza venilia von Heyden 1870
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 MP 30 or 37.20000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Pipiza antiqua, Pipiza europa (123757)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Pipiza melanderi (123119)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Oligopipiza quadriguttata (157327)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Pipiza venilia (123945)