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Psectrosciarini

Insecta - Diptera - Scatopsidae

Taxonomy
Psectrosciarini was named by Cook (1963). It is extant. Its type is Psectrosciara.

It was assigned to Psectrosciarinae by Amorim (1994).

Subtaxa
Psectrosciara (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Psectrosciarini Cook
1994Psectrosciarini Amorim p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
infraorderPsychodomorpha
superfamilyScatopsoidea
familyScatopsidae
subfamilyPsectrosciarinaeCook 1963
tribePsectrosciariniCook 1963
tribePsectrosciariniCook 1963

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.

Tr. Psectrosciarini Cook 1963
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G. Psectrosciara Kieffer 1911
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Psectrosciara crassieton Amorim and Greenwalt 2022
Psectrosciara fossilis Nel and Coty 2016
Psectrosciara makrochaites Amorim and Greenwalt 2022
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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 47.80000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Pipunculinae indet. (183409) Psectrosciara crassieton (117614)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Psectrosciara fossilis (123456)