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Acalyptratae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)221808https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=221808
Rankunranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Acalyptratae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-Mecopterida
superorderAntliophora
orderDipteraLinnaeus 1758
-NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
-Heterodactyla
-EremoneuraGrimaldi and Cumming 1999
suborderCyclorrhapha
-SchizophoraBecher 1882
-AcalyptrataeMacquart 1835
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Acalyptrataeunranked cladebelongs to Muscomorphastated with evidenceGrimaldi and Mathis, 1993
Acalyptrataeunranked cladebelongs to Schizophorastated with evidenceYeates et al., 2007
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (43%)
First Recorded Appearance122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. A. Grimaldi and W. N. Mathis. 1993. Fossil Periscelididae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society Washington 95(3):383-403

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Opomyzoidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)638.0 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Sphaeroceroidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1835Acalyptratae Macquart
1915Ephydra oligocena Cockerell p. 495
1915Ephydra sepulta Cockerell p. 495 figs. Pl 63, fig 2
1940Anthomyza rhenana Statz p. 150 figs. Pl XXII fig 43; Pl XXVI fig 85
1993Acalyptratae Grimaldi and Mathis
2007Acalyptratae Yeates et al.

References

Grimaldi D. A., Mathis W. N. (1993) Fossil Periscelididae (Diptera), Proceedings of the Entomological Society Washington 95 3, 383-403
Cockerell T. D. A. (1915) British fossil insects, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49, 469-499
Statz G. (1940) Neue Dipteren (Brachycera et Cyclorhapha) aus dem Oberoligozän von Rott, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 91, 120-174
Yeates D. K., Wiegmann B. M., et al (2007) Phylogeny and systematics of Diptera: two decades of progress and prospects, Zootaxa 1668, 565-590
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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