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Hesperininae
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Taxonomy
Hesperinidae was named by Walker (1848). It is extant. Its type is Hesperinus.
It was reranked as the subfamily Hesperininae by Skartveit and Ansorge (2020) and Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).
It was assigned to Culicoidea by Hong (2002); to Bibionoidea by Skartveit (2009); and to Bibionidae by Skartveit and Ansorge (2020) and Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).
It was reranked as the subfamily Hesperininae by Skartveit and Ansorge (2020) and Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).
It was assigned to Culicoidea by Hong (2002); to Bibionoidea by Skartveit (2009); and to Bibionidae by Skartveit and Ansorge (2020) and Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1848 | Hesperinidae Walker |
| 1946 | Penthetriidae Rohdendorf |
| 1985 | Penthetriidae Hong and Wang pp. 17-18 |
| 2002 | Hesperinidae Hong p. 161 |
| 2002 | Longicornia Hong p. 161 |
| 2002 | Longicornia tenuis Hong p. 162 figs. Pl 12, fig 1; text-fig 2.7.23-31 |
| 2009 | Hesperinidae Skartveit |
| 2019 | Penthetriinae Nel et al. p. 535 |
| 2020 | Hesperininae Skartveit and Ansorge p. 169 |
| 2021 | Hesperininae Skartveit and Wedmann p. 12 |
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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. Hesperininae Walker 1848
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G. Hesperinus Walker 1848
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†Hesperinus electrus Skartveit 2009
†Hesperinus heeri von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
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Invalid names: Penthetria rottensis Statz 1943 [synonym], Penthetria scita Statz 1943 [synonym], Plecia elegantula Meunier 1915 [synonym]
†Hesperinus hyalopterus Skartveit 2009
†Hesperinus macroculatus Skartveit 2009
G. Penthetria Meigen 1803
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†Penthetria abacula Lewis 1971
†Penthetria aestimata Statz 1943
†Penthetria alderensis Lewis 1971
†Penthetria anthracina Heer 1849
†Penthetria beskonakensis Skartveit and Nel 2012
†Penthetria blanchardi Oustalet 1870
†Penthetria bohemica Novák 1878
†Penthetria brevicollis Heer 1849
†Penthetria carbonum von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
†Penthetria cimicoides Heer 1849
†Penthetria claripennis Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Plecia difficilis Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia graciosa Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia varia Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia variegata Theobald 1937 [synonym]
†Penthetria creedensis James 1938
†Penthetria egerana Novák 1878
†Penthetria fryi Rice 1959
†Penthetria fuchsi Handlirsch 1907
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Invalid names: Penthetria marinosi Bachmayer et al. 1971 [objective synonym]
†Penthetria gigantea Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Plecia crassiventris Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia luteipennis Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia miegi Theobald 1937 [synonym]
†Penthetria globularis Oustalet 1870
†Penthetria gracilis Unger 1841
†Penthetria graciliventris Theobald 1937
†Penthetria immutabilis Melander 1949
†Penthetria imperialis Novák 1878
†Penthetria incerta Oustalet 1870
†Penthetria integroneura Skartveit 2009
†Penthetria intermedia Scudder 1892
†Penthetria longa Heer 1849
†Penthetria longifurca Melander 1949
†Penthetria luberonica Skartveit and Nel 2017
†Penthetria lugens Oustalet 1870
†Penthetria montanaregis Skartveit 2009
†Penthetria murchisonii Unger 1841
†Penthetria nervisinuata Theobald 1937
†Penthetria nigra Statz 1943
†Penthetria parschlugiana Heer 1849
†Penthetria rubescens Oustalet 1870
†Penthetria rubiensis Lewis 1971
†Penthetria subterranea Theobald 1937
†Penthetria togoensis Fujiyama and Iwao 1974
†Penthetria tropica Statz 1943
Penthetria velutina Loew 1858
†Penthetria whipsawensis Rice 1959
Invalid names: Bibio alacris Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Bibio gigas Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Bibio macer Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Bibio minor Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Bibiopsis Heer 1849 [synonym], Mycetophaetus Scudder 1892 [synonym], Protomyia Heer 1849 [synonym]
Invalid names: Longicornia Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Penthetriinae Rohdendorf 1946 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available