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Docosia

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Description

Docosia is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Mycetophilidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docosia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1612397	https://www.gbif.org/species/1612397
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	138472	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=138472

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Mycetophilidae : Docosia

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
infraorder	Bibionomorpha
superfamily	Sciaroidea	Billberg 1820
family	Mycetophilidae	Newman 1835
subfamily	Sciophilinae	Winnertz 1863
tribe	Leiini	Edwards 1925
genus	Docosia	Winnertz 1863

Scientific Name

Docosia Winnertz, 1863

Name Published In

Winnertz, Johannes. 1863. Beitrag zu einer Monographie der Pilzmücken. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13: 637–964; Pls. 18–21.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Docosia	genus	belongs to Mycetophilidae	stated with evidence	Aldrich, 1905
Docosia	genus	belongs to Mycetophilinae	stated with evidence	Johannsen, 1909
Docosia	genus	belongs to Leiini	stated with evidence	Statz, 1944
Docosia	genus	belongs to Mycetophilidae	stated without evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Docosia	genus	belongs to Leiini	stated with evidence	Blagoderov, 1998

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (8.3%)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docosia

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Docosia aceus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia affinis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia agensiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia antennata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia apicula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia archaica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Docosia baisae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Docosia bartaki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia blagoderovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia canaripes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia caniripes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia carbonaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia cephaloniae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia chandleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia chimganica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia columbiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia cuzcoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia defecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia dialata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia dichroa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia distributa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia diutina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia elegantula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Docosia enos species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia expectata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia flabellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia flavicoxa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia fuerteventurae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia fumosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia fuscipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia gilvipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia gutianshana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia helveola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia incolamontis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia inspicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia juxtamontana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia kerkini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia koyentagi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia laminosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia landrocki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia lastovkai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia laxa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia matilei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia meijerei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Docosia melita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia mongolica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia monstrosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia montana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia moravica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia morionella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia muelleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia mulleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia muranica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia nebulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia nigella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia nigra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia nigrita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia nitida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia obscura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia pallipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia pammela species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia pannonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia paradichroa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia pasiphae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia petiolata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Docosia pilosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Docosia pseudogillvipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia rameli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia rohaceki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia sciarina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia selini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia setosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia sibirica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia similis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia sinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia sogetensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia subtilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Docosia subvaria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Docosia tibialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia turkmenica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia uniciliata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Docosia varia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Docosia vierecki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia yangi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Docosia zaza ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1863	Docosia Winnertz p. 802
1905	Docosia Aldrich p. 143
1909	Docosia Johannsen p. 92
1944	Docosia Statz p. 82
1992	Docosia Carpenter
1998	Docosia Blagoderov p. 58

References

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

Aldrich J. M. (1905) A catalogue of North American Diptera (or two-winged flies), Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 46 2, 1-680

Johannsen O. A. (1909) Diptera. Fam. Mycetophilidae, Genera Insectorum 93, 1-141

Statz G. (1944) Neue Dipteren (Nematocera) aus dem Oberoligocan von Rott. 2. Familie Fungivoridae (Pilzmuchen), Palaeontographica Abteilung A 95, 67-92

Blagoderov V. A. (1998) Fungus Gnats of the tribes Gnoristini and Leiini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Paleontological Journal 32 1, 54-59

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

Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 13, Abh. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Kjaerandsen, Jostein (2008) Svenska svampmyggor. Excelfil 080919 - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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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