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Sciarinae

Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae

Taxonomy
Sciarinae was named by Billberg (1820). It is extant. Its type is Sciara.

It was assigned to Sciaridae by Zhang (1989), Shin et al. (2013) and Shin et al. (2019).

Subtaxa
Leptosciarella, Mixosciaritis, Sciara (type genus), Trichosia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Sciarinae Billberg p. 121
1989Sciarinae Zhang p. 357
2013Sciarinae Shin et al.
2019Sciarinae Shin et al. p. 133

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familySciaridae()
subfamilySciarinae
subfamilySciarinae

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. Sciarinae Billberg 1820
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G. Leptosciarella Tuomikoski 1960
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Subg. Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) Tuomikoski 1960
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Invalid names: Sciara sendelina Meunier 1904 [synonym], Sciara tanypeza Meunier 1899 [synonym]
†Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) infausta Mohrig and Röschmann 1994
†Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) macrociliata Mohrig and Röschmann 1994
†Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) manifesta Mohrig and Röschmann 2005
†Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) microacantha Röschmann and Mohrig 1995
†Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) microciliata Mohrig and Röschmann 1994
†Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) protorotunda Mohrig and Röschmann 1994
†Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) pseudorecens Röschmann and Mohrig 1995
†Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) resinae Röschmann and Mohrig 1995
†Trichosia (Leptosciarella) macrociliata Mohrig and Röschmann 1994
G. †Mixosciaritis Hong 2002
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G. Sciara Meigen 1803
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†Sciara acuminata Heer 1849
†Sciara acuminata Theobald 1937
†Sciara amicula Statz 1944
†Sciara antennaria Statz 1944
†Sciara atavina von Heyden 1870
†Sciara atropha Zhang 1989
†Sciara aulica Statz 1944
†Sciara austera Statz 1944
†Sciara bella Statz 1944
†Sciara berckhemeri Armbruster 1938
†Sciara bicolora Statz 1944
†Sciara braeuhaeuseri Armbruster 1938
†Sciara branconis Armbruster 1938
†Sciara brevipetiola Zhang 1989
†Sciara burmitina Cockerell 1917
†Sciara compta Statz 1944
†Sciara cryptocephala Statz 1944
†Sciara defectuosa Meunier 1904
†Sciara deffneri Armbruster 1938
†Sciara defossa von Heyden 1870
†Sciara deleta Heer 1864
†Sciara deperdita Scudder 1878
†Sciara dietleni Armbruster 1938
†Sciara dormitans Melander 1949
†Sciara ehrati Armbruster 1938
†Sciara electriphila Cockerell 1910
†Sciara endrissi Armbruster 1938
†Sciara exilis Statz 1944
†Sciara femuralis Statz 1944
†Sciara flichei Theobald 1937
†Sciara fraasi Armbruster 1938
†Sciara gracilenta Statz 1944
†Sciara gracilior Statz 1944
†Sciara hennigi Armbruster 1938
†Sciara heydeni Meunier 1917
†Sciara hirtella Heer 1849
†Sciara hoelzlei Armbruster 1938
†Sciara ignorata Meunier 1904
†Sciara inflata Theobald 1937
†Sciara janassa von Heyden 1870
†Sciara joossi Armbruster 1938
†Sciara jucheti Camier and Nel 2019
†Sciara jucunda Statz 1944
†Sciara kluepfeli Armbruster 1938
†Sciara laticornis Statz 1944
†Sciara lengersdorfi Armbruster 1938
†Sciara lengersdorfi Statz 1944
†Sciara longa Statz 1944
†Sciara longipennata Statz 1944
†Sciara lugens Statz 1944
†Sciara martii Novák 1878
†Sciara melanopa Statz 1944
†Sciara milleri Armbruster 1938
†Sciara minuscula Statz 1944
†Sciara minuscula Theobald 1937
†Sciara minutula Heer 1849
†Sciara oblonga Theobald 1937
†Sciara ovalipennata Statz 1944
†Sciara pelidua Statz 1944
†Sciara pennata Statz 1944
†Sciara pompeckii Armbruster 1938
†Sciara protogaea Heer 1856
†Sciara quenstedti Armbruster 1938
†Sciara radians Meunier 1910
†Sciara rara Meunier 1904
†Sciara requieta Melander 1949
†Sciara rottensis von Heyden 1870
†Sciara saportana Theobald 1937
†Sciara schremmeri Bachmayer 1961
†Sciara scopuli Scudder 1890
†Sciara seemanni Armbruster 1938
†Sciara sepulta Lewis 1969
†Sciara sopora Melander 1949
†Sciara splendida Meunier 1904
†Sciara strausi Kohring and Schlüter 1993
†Sciara thoracica Statz 1944
†Sciara villosoides Meunier 1904
†Sciara wageri Armbruster 1938
†Sciara weylandi Statz 1944
†Sciara willershausensis Kohring and Schlüter 1993
†Sciara winnertzii von Heyden 1870
Invalid names: Sciara basalis Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Sciara brachycera Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Sciara dasycera Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Sciara macrocera Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Sciara troglodytes Heer 1861 [nomen nudum]
G. Trichosia Winnertz 1867
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Subg. †Trichosia (Archaeosciara) Mohrig and Röschmann 1994
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Invalid names: Sciara robusta Meunier 1904 [synonym]
†Trichosia (Archaeosciara) venohirsuta Röschmann and Mohrig 1995
Subg. †Trichosia (Palaeotrichosia) Mohrig and Röschmann 1994
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†Trichosia (Palaeotrichosia) kedingi Röschmann and Mohrig 1995
†Trichosia (Palaeotrichosia) voelsgeni Röschmann and Mohrig 1995
Subg. Trichosia (Trichosia) Winnertz 1867
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Invalid names: Sciara prolifica Meunier 1904 [replaced]
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 Holocene or 99.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Sciara burmitina (123020)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8China (Liaoning) Lycoria brachyceroidis (124530) Mixosciaritis brachyceroidis (124820)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Sciara jucheti (123850)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Sciara scopuli (122090)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Trichosia sp., Trichosia meunieri, Trichosia microciliata (123419)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Sciara deperdita (121480)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Sciara electriphila (140082) Sciara sendelina, Sciara preciosa (124073) Trichosia sp., Sciara botuli, Sciara diabolica, Trichosia macrociliata, Sciara orientalis, Sciara prolifica, Sciara splendida, Sciara errans, Sciara sendelina, Sciara rara, Sciara ignorata, Sciara preciosa, Sciara rubsaamenia, Sciara tertiaria, Sciara robusta, Sciara villosoides, Sciara tanypeza, Sciara defectuosa, Trichosia infausta, Trichosia microciliata, Trichosia protorotunda (123927)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France Sciara sp. (113709)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Trichosia sp., Trichosia botuli, Trichosia macrociliata, Trichosia errans, Trichosia ruebsaamenia (109625)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Trichosia sp., Trichosia kedingi, Trichosia botuli (139215) Trichosia sp., Trichosia voelsgeni, Trichosia botuli, Trichosia diabolica, Trichosia macrociliata, Trichosia orientalis (139214) Trichosia sp., Trichosia voelsgeni, Trichosia botuli, Trichosia diabolica, Trichosia macrociliata, Trichosia orientalis, Trichosia errans, Trichosia meunieri, Trichosia tertiaria, Trichosia microciliata, Trichosia ruebsaamenia, Trichosia microacantha, Trichosia pseudorecens, Trichosia resinae, Trichosia venohirsuta (129227)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Sciara dormitans (106379) Sciara requieta (106381) Sciara sopora (124681)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Sciara sp., Sciara flichei (122535)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Sciara protogaea (122464)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Sciara spp., Sciara janassa, Sciara defossa, Sciara atavina, Sciara rottensis, Sciara winnertzii (123945)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Sciara janassa, Sciara heydeni (138696)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Sciara inflata, Sciara acuminata, Sciara oblonga, Sciara minuscula (122487) Sciara protogaea, Sciara saportana, Sciara inflata, Sciara acuminata (122488)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Cecidomyia protogaea (122877) Sciara oblonga (122501) Sciara sp. (138838)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Lycoria aulica, Lycoria weylandi, Lycoria austera, Lycoria pennata, Lycoria pelidua, Lycoria cryptocephala, Lycoria longa, Lycoria antennaria, Lycoria laticornis, Lycoria longipennata, Lycoria jucunda, Lycoria ovalipennata, Lycoria melanopa, Lycoria lengersdorfi, Lycoria gracilenta, Lycoria lugens, Lycoria bicolora, Lycoria compta, Lycoria femuralis, Lycoria thoracica, Lycoria gracilior, Lycoria amicula, Lycoria bella, Lycoria minuscula, Lycoria exilis (122010)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan Sciara sp. (114003)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Sciara sp. (140260 140262)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Sciara atropha (128551) Sciara brevipetiola (128550)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Leptosciarella manifesta (122472 122982)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Czech Republic Sciara martii (117612)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Idaho) Sciara sepulta (97616)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Lycoria deffneri, Lycoria branconis, Lycoria endrissi, Lycoria quenstedti, Lycoria pompeckii, Lycoria fraasi, Lycoria hoelzlei, Lycoria dietleni, Lycoria berckhemeri, Lycoria braeuhaeuseri, Lycoria seemanni, Lycoria hennigi, Lycoria kluepfeli, Lycoria ehrati, Lycoria joossi, Lycoria wageri, Lycoria milleri, Lycoria lengersdorfi (127613)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Sciara acuminata, Sciara minutula (117761) Sciara hirtella (117250)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Sciara deleta (117252)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Austria Lycoria schremmeri (127417)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Sciara sp. A, Sciara sp. B (188976)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Sciara willershausensis, Sciara strausi (109196)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Sciara radians (140788)