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Pallopterinae

Insecta - Diptera - Pallopteridae

Taxonomy
Pallopterinae was named by Loew (1862). It is extant. Its type is Palloptera.

It was assigned to Pallopteridae by McAlpine (1981).

Subtaxa
Glaesolonchaea, Morgea, Palloptera (type genus), Pallopterites

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Pallopterinae Loew
1981Pallopterinae McAlpine

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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()
—Schizophora
superfamilyTephritoidea
familyPallopteridaeLoew 1862
subfamilyPallopterinaeLoew 1862
subfamilyPallopterinaeLoew 1862

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. Pallopterinae Loew 1862
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G. †Glaesolonchaea Hennig 1967
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†Glaesolonchaea electrica Hennig 1967
G. Morgea Hennig 1967
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†Morgea macalpinei Hennig 1967
G. Palloptera Fallen 1820
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†Palloptera hypolithica Zhang 1989
†Palloptera morticina Scudder 1877
Palloptera umbellatarum Fabricius 1775
G. †Pallopterites Hennig 1967
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†Pallopterites electrica Hennig 1967
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 Priabonian to the top of the Sarmatian or 38.00000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Palloptera morticina (121480)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Morgea macalpinei (124205) Pallopterites electrica (123757)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Morgea mcalpinei, Glaesolonchaea electrica (123762)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Palloptera hypolithica (128552)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Palloptera umbellatarum (117247)