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Symballophthalmus

Description

Symballophthalmus is a genus of hybotid dance flies, insects in the family Hybotidae. There are about eight described species in Symballophthalmus.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1459456https://www.gbif.org/species/1459456
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)228001https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=228001
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Hybotidae : Symballophthalmus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
superfamilyEmpidoideaLatreille 1804
familyHybotidaeMeigen 1820
subfamilyTachydromiinaeMeigen 1822
tribeSymballophthalminiSinclair and Cumming 2006
genusSymballophthalmusT.Becker 1889
Scientific NameSymballophthalmus T.Becker, 1889
Name Published InWien. Ent. Ztg., 8
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Symballophthalmusgenusbelongs to Corynetinaestated with evidenceHong, 2002
Symballophthalmusgenusbelongs to Symballophthalministated with evidenceSinclair and Cumming, 2006
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)T. Becker. 1889. Berichtigung. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 8:285
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symballophthalmus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Symballophthalmus asiaticus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Symballophthalmus clavilabrosus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
156.0 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Symballophthalmus dissimilis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Symballophthalmus fuscitarsis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Symballophthalmus inermis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Symballophthalmus masoni
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Symballophthalmus pictipes
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Symballophthalmus speciosus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Symballophthalmus viennai
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Macroptera Becker, 1889GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Hybotidae : Macroptera

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1889Symballophthalmus Becker p. 285
2002Symballophthalmus Hong p. 343
2006Symballophthalmus Sinclair and Cumming p. 79
2018Symballophthalmus Wahlberg and Johanson

References

Becker T. Berichtigung, Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 8, 285
Hong Y. C. (2002) , Amber Insects of China, 1-653
Sinclair B. J., Cumming J. M. (2006) The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera), Zootaxa 1180, 1-172
Wahlberg E., Johanson K. A. (2018) Molecular phylogenetics reveals novel relationships within Empidoidea (Diptera), Systematic Entomology 43, 619-636
Fauna Europaea (2012) Fauna Europaea, v. 2.5: http://www.faunaeur.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Struwe, Ingemar (2007) SWEDISH BRACHYCERA LIST (sammanställning av taxa inom Diptera) - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Wien. Ent. Ztg., 8 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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