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Megamerinidae

Insecta - Diptera - Megamerinidae

Taxonomy
Megamerinidae was named by Hendel (1913). It is extant.

It was assigned to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Diopsoidea by Lonsdale (2020).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Megamerinidae Hendel p. 90
1992Megamerinidae Carpenter
2020Megamerinidae Lonsdale

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
Schizophora
AcalyptrataeMacquart 1835
superfamilyDiopsoidea
familyMegamerinidaeHendel 1913
familyMegamerinidaeHendel 1913

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. Megamerinidae Hendel 1913
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G. †Palaeotanypeza Meunier 1917
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Palaeotanypeza spinosa Meunier 1917
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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Palaeotanypeza spinosa (123929 152641)