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Diamesinae

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Diamesinae was named by Kieffer (1922). It is extant. Its type is Diamesa.

It was assigned to Chironomidae by Kalugina (1976), Doitteau and Nel (2007), Lukashevich and Przhiboro (2015), Vera et al. (2023).

Subtaxa
Diamesa (type genus), Diamesini, Eugenodiamesini, Heptagyiini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Diamesinae Kieffer
1976Diamesinae Kalugina
2007Diamesinae Doitteau and Nel p. 55
2015Diamesinae Lukashevich and Przhiboro p. 563
2023Diamesinae Vera et al. 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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyDiamesinaeKieffer 1922
subfamilyDiamesinaeKieffer 1922

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.

Subfm. Diamesinae Kieffer 1922
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G. Diamesa Walts 1837
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†Diamesa extincta Melander 1949
Tr. Diamesini Kieffer 1922
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G. Lappodiamesa Serra-Tosio 1968
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†Lappodiamesa deploegi Doitteau and Nel 2007
G. Pagastia Oliver 1959
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†Pagastia menieri Doitteau and Nel 2007
Tr. †Eugenodiamesini Lukashevich and Przhiboro 2015
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G. †Eugenodiamesa Lukashevich and Przhiboro 2015
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†Eugenodiamesa makarchenkoi Lukashevich and Przhiboro 2015
Invalid names: Heptagyiini Brundin 1966 [empty]
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 Valanginian to the top of the Gelasian or 137.05000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Mongolia (Dornogov) Eugenodiamesa makarchenkoi (113407)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Heptagyini indet. (231725)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Pagastia menieri, Lappodiamesa deploegi (123850)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Diamesa extincta (123119 124624)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Diamesa sp. (160145) Diamesinae indet. (160144)