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Empidini

Insecta - Diptera - Empididae

Taxonomy
Empidini was named by Latreille (1804). It is extant. Its type is Empis.

It was assigned to Empidinae by Waters (1989), Sinclair and Cumming (2006), Wahlberg and Johanson (2018).

Subtaxa
Empis (type genus), Rhamphomyia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Empidini Latreille
1989Empidini Waters
2006Empidini Sinclair and Cumming p. 74
2018Empidini 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
familyEmpididaeLatreille 1804
subfamilyEmpidinaeLatreille 1804
tribeEmpidiniLatreille 1804
tribeEmpidiniLatreille 1804

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.

Tr. Empidini Latreille 1804
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G. Empis Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Empis (Acallomyia) Melander 1928
Empis carbonum Germar 1837
Empis exilis Meunier 1908
Empis florissantana Cockerell 1915
Empis infossa Melander 1949
Empis inscita Meunier 1908
Empis macilenta Meunier 1908
Empis macrophthalma Förster 1891
Empis mala Meunier 1908
Empis malefica Meunier 1908
Empis melia von Heyden 1870
Empis miocenica Cockerell 1915
Empis mordax Meunier 1908
Empis morosella Melander 1928
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Invalid names: Empis morosa Meunier 1908 [replaced]
Empis orapaensis Waters 1989
Empis perdita Cockerell 1916
Empis personata Meunier 1908
Empis poeppigi Giebel 1856
Empis pulvillata Loew 1850
Empis spinifera Statz 1940
Empis tritava Melander 1928
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Invalid names: Empis tristis Meunier 1908 [replaced]
Empis umbonata Statz 1940
Invalid names: Empis bulbirostris Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Empis stilicornis Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum], Empis tibialis Meunier 1899 [nomen nudum]
G. Rhamphomyia Meigen 1822
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Rhamphomyia ablata Meunier 1908
Rhamphomyia aeterna Melander 1949
Rhamphomyia angusta Meunier 1908
Rhamphomyia corrupta Meunier 1908
Rhamphomyia craterae Melander 1949
Rhamphomyia distans Loew 1850
Rhamphomyia enena Cockerell 1921
Rhamphomyia errabunda Meunier 1908
Rhamphomyia fossa Melander 1949
Rhamphomyia fulvescens Statz 1940
Rhamphomyia hypolitha Cockerell 1917
Rhamphomyia inanimata Melander 1949
Rhamphomyia infernalis Melander 1949
Rhamphomyia insolita Meunier 1908
Rhamphomyia interita Melander 1949
Rhamphomyia involuta Meunier 1908
Rhamphomyia media Meunier 1908
Rhamphomyia morticina Melander 1949
Rhamphomyia obtusa Meunier 1908
Rhamphomyia oedaloides Meunier 1908
Rhamphomyia polymorpha Meunier 1899
Rhamphomyia porrecta Meunier 1908
Rhamphomyia rottensis Statz 1940
Rhamphomyia senecta Melander 1949
Rhamphomyia sepulta Cockerell 1916
Rhamphomyia spodites Melander 1949
Rhamphomyia tumulata Melander 1949
Rhamphomyia ungulina Loew 1850
Invalid names: Rhamphomyia antipedalis Loew 1850 [nomen nudum], Rhamphomyia formosa Loew 1850 [nomen nudum], Rhamphomyia pteropa Loew 1850 [nomen nudum], Rhamphomyia ptilopa Loew 1850 [nomen nudum], Rhamphomyia remitarsis Loew 1850 [nomen nudum]
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 Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 93.90000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Botswana Empis orapaensis (123430)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Colorado) Rhamphomyia enena (105004)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Rhamphomyia ungulina, Empis pulvillata, Rhamphomyia distans (109625)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Empis poeppigi (147344) Rhamphomyia ablata, Rhamphomyia ungulina, Rhamphomyia crinitarsis, Rhamphomyia errabunda, Rhamphomyia porrecta, Rhamphomyia oedaloides, Rhamphomyia insolita, Rhamphomyia media, Empis malefica, Empis mala, Empis morosa (124073) Rhamphomyia corrupta, Rhamphomyia ablata, Rhamphomyia involuta, Rhamphomyia ungulina, Rhamphomyia crinitarsis, Rhamphomyia errabunda, Rhamphomyia obtusa, Rhamphomyia insolita, Rhamphomyia angusta, Rhamphomyia media, Hilara macilenta, Empis exilis, Empis inscita, Empis personata, Empis mordax, Empis tristis, Empis pulvillata, Empis morosa, Rhamphomyia polymorpha (123927)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Empis miocenica, Empis florissantana (113749) Empis perdita (124692) Rhamphomyia aeterna, Rhamphomyia interita, Rhamphomyia spodites, Rhamphomyia tumulata (106381) Rhamphomyia hypolitha, Empis infossa, Rhamphomyia craterae, Rhamphomyia fossa, Rhamphomyia inanimata, Rhamphomyia infernalis (124624) Rhamphomyia morticina (124680) Rhamphomyia senecta (123119) Rhamphomyia sepulta (106379)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Empis macrophthalma (121473)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Empis spinifera, Empis umbonata, Rhamphomyia fulvescens, Rhamphomyia latipennata, Rhamphomyia rottensis (122010)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Empis melia (138696)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Empis melia (123945)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Germany Empis carbonum (117341)