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Atrichops

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1501351	https://www.gbif.org/species/1501351
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	138777	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=138777

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Athericidae : Atrichops

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Mecopterida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Diptera	Linnaeus 1758
-	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994
suborder	Brachycera	Zetterstedt 1842
-	Homeodactyla
infraorder	Tabanomorpha	Hennig 1948
family	Athericidae	Stuckenberg 1973
genus	Atrichops	Verrall 1909

Scientific Name

Atrichops Verrall, 1909

Name Published In

Brit. Flies, 5

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Atrichops	genus	belongs to Rhagionidae	stated without evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Atrichops	genus	belongs to Athericidae	stated with evidence	Evenhuis, 1994

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4:1-655

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Atrichops apollinis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atrichops chakratongi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atrichops chotei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atrichops crassipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atrichops fontinalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atrichops fulvithorax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atrichops hesperius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Atrichops morimotoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atrichops numidicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atrichops stuckenbergi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1909	Atrichops Verrall p. 291
1992	Atrichops Carpenter
1994	Atrichops Evenhuis p. 285

References

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655

Evenhuis N. L. (1994) , Catalogue of the Fossil Flies of the World (Insecta: Diptera), 1-600

Brit. Flies, 5 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006/BDWD - 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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Beuk, P.L.Th. (ed.) (2002) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

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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