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Anophelinae

Insecta - Diptera - Culicidae

Taxonomy
Anophelinae was named by Bassi (1900). It is extant. Its type is Anopheles.

It was assigned to Culicidae by Harbach (2007) and Poinar et al. (2019).

Subtaxa
Anopheles (type genus), Priscoculex

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Anophelinae Bassi p. 63
2007Anophelinae Harbach
2019Anophelinae Poinar et al. p. 1157

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyCulicidae
subfamilyAnophelinae
subfamilyAnophelinae

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. Anophelinae Bassi 1900
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G. Anopheles Meigen 1818
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Subg. Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) Blanchard 1902
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Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) dominicanus Zavortink and Poinar 2000
Anopheles rottensis Statz 1944
G. †Priscoculex Poinar et al. 2019
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Priscoculex burmanicus Poinar et al. 2019
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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Langhian or 99.60000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) Priscoculex burmanicus (104053)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Anopheles rottensis (122010)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Anopheles dominicanus (122472) Anopheles sp. (122982)