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Corethrellidae (frog biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Corethrellidae

Taxonomy
Corethrellidae was named by Newman (1834). It is extant.

It was assigned to Culicoidea by Yeates et al. (2007).

Subtaxa
Corethrella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Corethrellidae Newman p. 388
2007Corethrellidae Yeates et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyCorethrellidae
familyCorethrellidae

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. Corethrellidae Newman 1834 [frog biting midge]
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G. Corethrella Coquillett 1902
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Subg. Corethrella (Corethrella) Coquillett 1902
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†Corethrella (Corethrella) miocaenica Szadziewski et al. 1994
†Corethrella (Corethrella) nudistyla Borkent and Szadziewski 1992
†Corethrella (Corethrella) prisca Borkent and Szadziewski 1992
†Corethrella (Corethrella) rovnoensis Baranov and Kvifte 2016
†Corethrella (Corethrella) sontagae Baranov and Kvifte 2016
Subg. †Corethrella (Fossicorethrella) Szadziewski 1995
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†Corethrella andersoni Poinar and Szadziewski 2007
†Corethrella patula Baranov and Kvifte 2019
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 Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Langhian or 125.77000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Corethrella cretacea (124276)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Corethrella andersoni (104053)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Corethrella andersoni (187929) Corethrella patula (111688)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Corethrella miocaenica (152040) Corethrella prisca (129227)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Corethrella sontagae, Corethrella rovnoensis (122997)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Corethrella miocaenica (110737)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Corethrella nudistyla, Corethrella dominicana (122982)