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Palloptera

Insecta - Diptera - Pallopteridae

Taxonomy
Palloptera was named by Fallen (1820). It is extant. It is the type genus of Pallopteridae, Pallopterinae.

It was assigned to Pallopterinae by McAlpine (1981); and to Pallopteridae by Zhang (1989), Carpenter (1992).

Species
P. hypolithica, P. morticina, P. umbellatarum
Entered
by E. Leckey (authorized by D. Smith) on 2006-03-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Palloptera Fallen p. 23
1981Palloptera McAlpine
1989Palloptera Zhang p. 365
1992Palloptera Carpenter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
—Schizophora
superfamilyTephritoidea
familyPallopteridaeLoew 1862
subfamilyPallopterinaeLoew 1862
genusPallopteraFallen 1820

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.

G. Palloptera Fallen 1820
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†Palloptera hypolithica Zhang 1989
†Palloptera morticina Scudder 1877
Palloptera umbellatarum Fabricius 1775
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available