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Spheginina

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy
Spheginina was named by Williston (1887). It is extant. Its type is Sphegina.

It was reranked as the tribe Sphegini by Hull (1949).

It was assigned to Cheilosinae by Hull (1949); and to Brachyopini by Mengual et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Spheginina Williston
1949Sphegini Hull p. 334
2015Spheginina 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
subtribeSphegininaWilliston 1887
subtribeSphegininaWilliston 1887

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. 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
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 Rupelian or 37.20000 to 28.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Palaeoascia uniappendiculata (124073) Palaeoascia uniappendiculata, Palaeoascia atrata, Palaeoascia nigra, Pseudosphegina dichoptica, Palaeosphegina elegantula, Palaeosphegina pilosa (123927) Palaeoascia uniappendiculata, Palaeoascia atrata, Pseudosphegina withersi, Palaeosphegina elegantula (123766) Palaeoascia uniappendiculata, Palaeosphegina elegantula (123757) Palaeosphegina baccha, Palaeosphegina fumosa, Pseudosphegina carpenteri (124205) Palaeosphegina elegantula (123493 140789)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Sphegina obscura (106384)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Sphegina abrasa (122407)