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Pallopteridae

Insecta - Diptera - Pallopteridae

Taxonomy
Pallopteridae was named by Loew (1862). It is extant. Its type is Palloptera.

It was assigned to Diptera by Zhang (1989); to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); to Schizophora by Wiegmann et al. (2011); and to Tephritoidea by Han and Ro (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Pallopteridae Loew p. 56
1989Pallopteridae Zhang p. 365
1992Pallopteridae Carpenter
2011Pallopteridae Wiegmann et al.
2016Pallopteridae Han and Ro

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
Schizophora
superfamilyTephritoidea
familyPallopteridaeLoew 1862
familyPallopteridaeLoew 1862

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.

Fm. Pallopteridae Loew 1862
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Subfm. Pallopterinae Loew 1862
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G. †Glaesolonchaea Hennig 1967
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Glaesolonchaea electrica Hennig 1967
G. Morgea Hennig 1967
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Morgea macalpinei Hennig 1967
G. Palloptera Fallen 1820
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Palloptera hypolithica Zhang 1989
Palloptera morticina Scudder 1877
Palloptera umbellatarum Fabricius 1775
G. †Pallopterites Hennig 1967
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Pallopterites electrica Hennig 1967
G. Toxoneura Macquart 1835
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Toxoneura muliebris Harris 1780
Toxoneura pluvia Dürrenfeldt 1968
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Piacenzian or 38.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Palloptera morticina (121480)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Morgea mcalpinei, Glaesolonchaea electrica (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Morgea macalpinei (124205) Pallopterites electrica (123757)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Palloptera hypolithica (128552)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Palloptera umbellatarum (117247)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Toxoneura muliebris (157306)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Oxyna pluvia (109196)