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Lomatiinae

Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

Taxonomy
Lomatinae was named by Schiner (1868). It is extant.

It was corrected as Lomatiinae by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999) and Wedmann and Yeates (2008).

It was assigned to Bombylidae by Schiner (1868); and to Bombyliidae by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999) and Wedmann and Yeates (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Lomatinae Schiner p. 116
1999Lomatiinae Evenhuis and Greathead
2008Lomatiinae Wedmann and Yeates p. 233

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
familyBombyliidae()
subfamilyLomatiinae()
subfamilyLomatiinae()

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. Lomatiinae Schiner 1868
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G. †Alomatia Cockerell 1914
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†Alomatia fusca Cockerell 1914
Tr. Lomatiini Schiner 1868
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G. Comptosia Macquart 1840
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†Comptosia miranda Cockerell 1909
†Comptosia pria Wedmann and Yeates 2008
Invalid names: Megacosmus Cockerell 1909 [synonym]
G. Ylasoia Speiser 1920
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†Ylasoia secunda Cockerell 1911
G. †Paleolomatia Nel 2008
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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 Selandian to the top of the Chadronian or 61.60000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) Paleolomatia menatensis (123436)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Comptosia pria (68475)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Alomatia fusca (113749) Megacosmus mirandus (106381) Megacosmus secundus (106380)