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Muscinae

Insecta - Diptera - Muscidae

Taxonomy
Muscinae was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Musca.

It was assigned to Muscidae by Pont and de Carvalho (1997), Grzywacz et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Muscini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Muscinae Latreille p. 453
1997Muscinae Pont and de Carvalho p. 178
2021Muscinae Grzywacz 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
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
—Schizophora
—Calyptratae()
familyMuscidae()
subfamilyMuscinae
subfamilyMuscinae

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. Muscinae Latreille 1802
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Tr. Muscini Latreille 1802
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G. †Archaeopolietes Pont and de Carvalho 1997
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†Archaeopolietes tertiaria Pont and de Carvalho 1997
G. Musca Linnaeus 1758
G. Pyrellia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
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†Pyrellia viridissima Meunier 1908
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 Bridgerian to the top of the Holocene or 51.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 45.9 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Colorado) Musca sp. (121146)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Archaeopolietes tertiaria (122982)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Pyrellia viridissima (140788)