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Paracosmus

Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

Taxonomy

Paracosmus was named by Osten Sacken (1877). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bombylidae by Osten Sacken (1877); to Bombyliidae by Aldrich (1905); and to Tomomyzinae by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999).

Species

P. (Paracosmus)

Synonyms

Lithocosmus was named by Cockerell (1909). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Paracosmus by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999).

It was assigned to Bombyliidae by Cockerell (1909), Carpenter (1992).
Protolomatia was named by Cockerell (1914).

It was synonymized subjectively with Paracosmus by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999).

It was assigned to Bombyliidae by Cockerell (1914), Carpenter (1992).
Protophthiria was named by Cockerell (1914).

It was synonymized subjectively with Lithocosmus by Evenhuis (1984); it was synonymized subjectively with Paracosmus by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1877	Paracosmus Osten Sacken p. 262
1905	Paracosmus Aldrich p. 243
1909	Lithocosmus Cockerell
1914	Protophthiria Cockerell p. 720
1914	Protolomatia Cockerell p. 723
1992	Lithocosmus Carpenter
1992	Protolomatia Carpenter
1999	Paracosmus Evenhuis and Greathead

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta

Rank	Name	Author
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Diptera
—	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994
suborder	Brachycera	Zetterstedt 1842
—	Heterodactyla
family	Bombyliidae	()
subfamily	Tomomyzinae
genus	Paracosmus

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. Paracosmus Osten Sacken 1877

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Subg. Paracosmus (Paracosmus) Osten Sacken 1877

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†Paracosmus (Paracosmus) antiquus Cockerell 1914

†Paracosmus (Paracosmus) coquilletti Cockerell 1909

†Paracosmus (Paracosmus) palpalis Cockerell 1914

†Paracosmus (Paracosmus) recurrens Cockerell 1916

Invalid names: Lithocosmus Cockerell 1909 [synonym], Protolomatia Cockerell 1914 [synonym], Protophthiria Cockerell 1914 [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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 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
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	Lithocosmus coquilletti (106381 114150) Protolomatia recurrens (122977) Protophthiria palpalis, Protolomatia antiqua (113749)