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Symplecta

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Symplecta was named by Meigen (1830). It is extant.

It was assigned to Eriopterinae by Krzemiński and Gentilini (1992); to Limoniidae by Evenhuis (1994); and to Chioneinae by Krzemiński (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Symplecta Meigen p. 282
1986Miopsiloptera Gentilini p. 175
1992Symplecta Krzemiński and Gentilini p. 89
1994Symplecta Evenhuis
2019Symplecta Krzemiński p. 510

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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
subfamilyChioneinaeRondani 1861
genusSymplectaMeigen 1830

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. Symplecta Meigen 1830
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Subg. Symplecta (Psiloconopa) Zetterstedt 1837
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†Symplecta (Psiloconopa) penalveri Krzemiński and Arillo 2008
Subg. Symplecta (Trimicra) Osten-Sacken 1861
Invalid names: Miopsiloptera Gentilini 1986 [synonym]
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 Priabonian to the top of the Messinian or 37.71000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) S. gurnetensis (123960)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Ilisia gracilis (122508)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Spain S. penalveri (123306)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Miopsiloptera savtshenkoi (113886)