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Eupeodes (Metasyrphus)

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy
Metasyrphus was named by Matsumura (1917). It is extant.

It was reranked as Eupeodes (Metasyrphus) by Mengual et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Syrphini by Hull (1949); to Syrphidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Eupeodes by Mengual et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Metasyrphus Matsumura p. 147
1949Metasyrphus Hull p. 285
1992Metasyrphus Carpenter
2008Eupeodes (Metasyrphus) 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()
subfamilySyrphinae
tribeSyrphini
genusEupeodes
subgenusMetasyrphus(Matsumura 1917)

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.

Subg. Eupeodes (Metasyrphus) Matsumura 1917
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available