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Diopsinae

Insecta - Diptera - Diopsidae

Taxonomy
Diopsinae was named by Billberg (1820). It is extant.

It was assigned to Diopsidae by Lonsdale (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Diopsinae Billberg
2020Diopsinae Lonsdale

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
RankNameAuthor
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
—Schizophora
—AcalyptrataeMacquart 1835
superfamilyDiopsoidea
familyDiopsidae()
subfamilyDiopsinae
subfamilyDiopsinae

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. Diopsinae Billberg 1820
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G. †Prosphyracephala Hennig 1965
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Invalid names: Sphyracephala breviata Meunier 1902 [synonym]
Tr. Sphyracephalini Hennig 1965
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G. Sphyracephala Say 1828
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 Whitneyan or 38.00000 to 30.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Prosphyracephala succini (123215)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Prosphyracephala succini (122997)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Prosphyracephala kerneggeri (123439) Prosphyracephala succini (110735 123757 123763 123770 123773 123907 123908 123909 123912) Prosphyracephala succini, Prosphyracephala kerneggeri (154709) Prosphyracephala succini, Sphyracephala breviata (123927) Sphyracephala succini (123766)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Prosphyracephala succini (123910 129227 129228)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Prosphyracephala succini (123419 123911)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Diopsidae indet. (123913)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Montana) Prosphyracephala rubiensis (120622)