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Elephantomyia

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Elephantomyia Osten Sacken p. 220
1905Elephantomyia Aldrich p. 81
1992Elephantomyia Carpenter
1994Elephantomyia Evenhuis
2015Elephantomyia Kania p. 3
2016Elephantomyia Kopeć et al. p. 3
2021Elephantomyia Kania‑Kłosok and Krzemiński p. 2

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyLimoniinae
genusElephantomyia

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. Elephantomyia Osten Sacken 1860
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Subg. †Elephantomyia (Hoffeinsonia) Kania‑Kłosok and Krzemiński 2021
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†Elephantomyia (Hoffeinsonia) prima Kania‑Kłosok and Krzemiński 2021
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 Langhian or 37.71000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland E. bozenae, E. brevipalpa, E. irinae, E. longirostris, E. pulchella (123215) E. longirostris (120813) Toxorhina brevipalpa, Toxorhina longirostris, Toxorhina pulchella (109625)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) E. baltica, E. longirostris (124073) E. brevipalpa, E. longirostris, E. pulchella (123927) E. irinae (123962) E. longirostris (127170)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) E. brevipalpa (129228)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation E. longirostris, E. pulchella, E. christelae, E. prima (123419)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic E. grata (122472 122473)