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Cordyla

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Description

Cordyla is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species:

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1616779	https://www.gbif.org/species/1616779
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	138469	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=138469

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Mycetophilidae : Cordyla

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
genus	Cordyla	Meigen 1803

Scientific Name

Cordyla Meigen, 1803

Name Published In

Meigen, Johann W. 1803. Versuch einer neuen GattungsEintheilung der europäischen zweiflügligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2: 259-281.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cordyla	genus	belongs to Mycetophilinae	stated with evidence	Johannsen, 1909
Cordyla	genus	belongs to Mycetophilidae	stated with evidence	Meunier, 1923
Cordyla	genus	belongs to Mycetophilidae	stated without evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Cordyla	genus	belongs to Mycetophilidae	stated with evidence	Evenhuis, 1994

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (8.3%)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. W. Meigen. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2:259-281

Wikipedia

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cordyla antiqua ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Cordyla bergensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla bicornuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla bidenticulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla bomloensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla borealisa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla borneoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla brevicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla confera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla crassicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla crassipalpis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla fasciata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla festiva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla fissa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla flaviceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla furcula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Cordyla fusca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla geminata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla hastata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Cordyla insons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla jani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla limnoria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Cordyla manca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla monegrensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla murina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla mycotheriformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Cordyla neglecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla nitens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla nitidula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla orientalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla parva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla parvipalpis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla pusilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla recens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla renuda ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Cordyla rhenana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Cordyla scita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla scutellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla semiflava species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla sixi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla styliforceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla subaperta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Cordyla toraia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla verio species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla vetusta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Cordyla vitiosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cordyla volucris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polyxena calcarata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Polyxena hastata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polyxena rhenana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Cleodice Rafinesque, 1815	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Mycetophilidae : *Cleodice*
Polyxena Meigen	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Mycetophilidae : *Polyxena*
Pachypalpus Macquart	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Mycetophilidae : *Pachypalpus*
Pachipalpus Rondani, 1856	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Mycetophilidae : *Pachipalpus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1803	Cordyla Meigen p. 263
1909	Cordyla Johannsen p. 99
1923	Cordyla Meunier p. 86
1944	Polyxena Statz p. 83
1992	Cordyla Carpenter
1994	Cordyla Evenhuis

References

Meigen J. W. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten, Magazin für Insektenkunde 2, 259-281

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

Meunier F. (1923) Sur quelques insectes de l'Aquitanien de Rott (Sept-Monts, Rhénanie), Miscellanea Entomologica, Revue Entomologique Internationale 26, 82-88

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

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

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 2 - 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

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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