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Micropezinae

Insecta - Diptera - Micropezidae

Taxonomy
Micropezinae was named by Loew (1862). It is extant. Its type is Micropeza.

It was assigned to Micropezidae by Lonsdale (2020).

Subtaxa
Micropeza (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Micropezinae Loew p. 38
2020Micropezinae Lonsdale p. 39

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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
superfamilyNerioidea
familyMicropezidae
subfamilyMicropezinae
subfamilyMicropezinae

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. Micropezinae Loew 1862
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G. Micropeza Meigen 1803
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†Micropeza prompta Meunier 1906
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: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Micropeza prompta (140788)