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Pieza

Description

Pieza is a genus of flies in the family Mythicomyiidae. Its species are found in North America, South America, and the West Indies. The genus was named by Neal Evenhuis in 2002. Evenhuis included the following eleven species, transferring four from Mythicomyia, in his initial circumscription:


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1567000https://www.gbif.org/species/1567000
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)263123https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=263123
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bombyliidae : Pieza
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Mythicomyiidae : Pieza
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
superfamilyAsiloideaLatreille 1802
familyMythicomyiidaeMelander 1902
subfamilyMythicomyiinaeMelander 1902
genusPiezaEvenhuis 2002
Scientific NamePieza Evenhuis, 2002
Name Published InEvenhuis, Neal L. 2002. Pieza, a new genus of microbombyliids from the New World (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae). Zootaxa 36: 1-28.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Piezagenusbelongs to Mythicomyiinaestated with evidenceEvenhuis, 2002
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)N. L. Evenhuis. 2002. Pieza, a new genus of microbombyliids from the New World (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae). Zootaxa 36:1-28
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieza

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Pieza agnastis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza angusta
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza ankh
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza aurislepus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza bittencourti
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza deresistans
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza dominicana
species
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
120.4 Ma
Miocene
20.4 Ma
Miocene
Pieza flavitibia
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza kake
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza minuta
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza ostenta
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza parakake
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza parnasecon
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza pi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza rafaeli
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza rhea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza silvanae
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza sinclairi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pieza yeatesi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2002Pieza Evenhuis

References

Evenhuis N. L. (2002) Pieza, a new genus of microbombyliids from the New World (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae), Zootaxa 36, 1-28
Evenhuis N. L. (2002) Catalog of the Mythicomyiidae of the world (Insecta: Diptera), Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology 10, 1-85
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/Stang, 2004-present - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Zootaxa 36, 15 May - 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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