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Corynoptera klebsii

Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae

Taxonomy

Sciara klebsii was named by Meunier (1904). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera hirticornis by Mohrig and Röschmann (1994); it was recombined as Corynoptera klebsi by Röschmann and Mohrig (1995); it was recombined as Corynoptera klebsii by Röschmann and Mohrig (1995).

Synonyms

Sciara variabilis was named by Meunier (1904). It is an inclusion in amber.

It was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera hirticornis by Mohrig and Röschmann (1994); it was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera klebsi by Evenhuis (1994).
Sciara bella was named by Meunier (1904). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera hirticornis by Mohrig and Röschmann (1994); it was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera klebsi by Evenhuis (1994).
Sciara palmnickii was named by Meunier (1904). It is an inclusion in amber.

It was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera hirticornis by Mohrig and Röschmann (1994); it was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera klebsi by Evenhuis (1994).
Sciara minuscula was named by Meunier (1904). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Museum Marseille Coll), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera hirticornis by Mohrig and Röschmann (1994); it was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera klebsi by Evenhuis (1994).
Bradysia electra was named by Meunier (1904). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera hirticornis by Mohrig and Röschmann (1994); it was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera klebsi by Evenhuis (1994).
Bradysia morosoides was named by Meunier (1904). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera hirticornis by Mohrig and Röschmann (1994); it was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera klebsi by Evenhuis (1994).
Bradysia infernalis was named by Meunier (1904). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera hirticornis by Mohrig and Röschmann (1994); it was synonymized subjectively with Corynoptera klebsi by Evenhuis (1994).
Sciara hirticornis was named by Loew (1850). Its type specimen is MfN MB.I 877/4, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Corynoptera hirticornis by Mohrig and Röschmann (1994); it was replaced with Corynoptera klebsii by Röschmann and Mohrig (1995).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1850	Sciara hirticornis Loew p. 34
1899	Sciara hirticornis Meunier p. 169
1904	Sciara variabilis Meunier p. 69
1904	Sciara bella Meunier p. 73
1904	Sciara klebsii Meunier p. 75
1904	Sciara minuscula Meunier p. 79
1904	Sciara palmnickii Meunier p. 79
1904	Bradysia electra Meunier p. 81
1904	Bradysia morosoides Meunier p. 81
1904	Bradysia infernalis Meunier p. 82
1905	Sciara variabilis Meunier p. 210
1994	Corynoptera hirticornis Mohrig and Röschmann p. 116 fig. 19
1995	Corynoptera klebsii Röschmann and Mohrig p. 46
1995	Corynoptera klebsi Röschmann and Mohrig p. 164

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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
infraorder	Bibionomorpha
superfamily	Sciaroidea
family	Sciaridae	()
subfamily	Cratyninae
genus	Corynoptera	Winnertz 1867
species	klebsii	()

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.

†Corynoptera klebsii Meunier 1904

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Invalid names: Bradysia electra Meunier 1904 [synonym], Bradysia infernalis Meunier 1904 [synonym], Bradysia morosoides Meunier 1904 [synonym], Sciara bella Meunier 1904 [synonym], Sciara hirticornis Loew 1850 [replaced], Sciara minuscula Meunier 1904 [synonym], Sciara palmnickii Meunier 1904 [synonym], Sciara variabilis Meunier 1904 [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: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation	Corynoptera hirticornis (123419)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Germany (Halle)	Corynoptera klebsi (139214 139215) Corynoptera klebsii (129227)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Sciara klebsii, Sciara variabilis, Sciara bella, Sciara palmnickii, Sciara minuscula, Bradysia electra, Bradysia morosoides, Bradysia infernalis, Corynoptera hirticornis (type locality: 123927) Sciara variabilis, Sciara palmnickii (124073)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Poland	Sciara hirticornis (109625)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Tanzania	Sciara variabilis (152189)