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Platypalpus

Insecta - Diptera - Hybotidae

Taxonomy
Platypalpus was named by Macquart (1827). It is extant.

It was assigned to Empididae by Aldrich (1905), Carpenter (1992); and to Tachydromiini by Sinclair and Cumming (2006), Wahlberg and Johanson (2018).

Entered
by E. Leckey (authorized by D. Smith) on 2009-01-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Platypalpus Macquart p. 92
1905Platypalpus Aldrich p. 311
1992Platypalpus Carpenter
2006Platypalpus Sinclair and Cumming p. 79
2018Platypalpus Wahlberg and Johanson

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
superfamilyEmpidoideaLatreille 1804
familyHybotidaeMeigen 1820
subfamilyTachydromiinaeMeigen 1822
tribeTachydromiiniMeigen 1822
genusPlatypalpusMacquart 1827

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. Platypalpus Macquart 1827
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†Platypalpus concitatus Meunier 1908
†Platypalpus eversoris Meunier 1908
†Platypalpus interfectoris Meunier 1908
†Platypalpus predatoris Meunier 1908
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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) P. concitatus, P. predatoris, P. interfectoris (124073) P. concitatus, P. predatoris, P. interfectoris, P. eversoris (123927)