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Serromyia

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Description

Serromyia is a genus of biting midges in the subfamily Ceratopogoninae.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1633463	https://www.gbif.org/species/1633463
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	215540	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=215540

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Ceratopogonidae : Serromyia

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
infraorder	Culicomorpha
superfamily	Chironomoidea	Macquart 1838
family	Ceratopogonidae	Newman 1834
subfamily	Ceratopogoninae	Newman 1834
tribe	Ceratopogonini	Newman 1834
genus	Serromyia	Meigen 1818

Scientific Name

Serromyia Meigen, 1818

Name Published In

Meigen, Johann W. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. F. W. Forstmann, Aachen. Vol. T.1: i-xxxvi; 1-332.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Serromyia	genus	belongs to Ceratopogoninae	stated with evidence	Kieffer, 1906
Serromyia	genus	belongs to Palpomyiinae	stated with evidence	Statz, 1944
Serromyia	genus	belongs to Stilobezziini	stated with evidence	Szadziewski, 1988
Serromyia	genus	belongs to Ceratopogonini	stated with evidence	Borkent and Wirth, 1997

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (11%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. W. Meigen. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der Bekannten Europäischen Zweiflügeligen Insekten, Erster Theil

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ceratopogon alpheus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceratopogon anomalicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceratopogon spinigera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia aethiopiae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia alphea ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Serromyia amazonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia anomalicornis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Serromyia arabica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia atra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia barberi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia bicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia bispinosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia borealis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia crassifemorata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia diabolica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia dipetala species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia errata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Serromyia esakii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia femorata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia festiva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia flavicrus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia flaviventris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia fulgipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia galilaeae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia gelida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia hainana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia heveli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia ledicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia maculipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia mangrovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia micronyx species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia morio species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia nitens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia nocticolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia nudicolis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia nudipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia pacifica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia pendleburyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia polonica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Serromyia punctata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia reyei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia ryszardi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Serromyia scirpi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia sierrensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia silvatica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia sinuosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Serromyia spinigera ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Serromyia spinosipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia stuckenbergi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia subinermis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia succinea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Serromyia tecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia vockerothi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serromyia zuluensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Prionomyia Stephens, 1829	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Ceratopogonidae : *Prionomyia*
Ceratolophana Strand, 1928	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Ceratopogonidae : *Ceratolophana*
Johannseniella Williston, 1907	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Ceratopogonidae : *Johannseniella*
Atmobia Bigot, 1856	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Ceratopogonidae : *Atmobia*
Serromya Rondani, 1856	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Ceratopogonidae : *Serromya*
Ceratolophus Kieffer, 1899	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Ceratopogonidae : *Ceratolophus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1818	Serromyia Meigen p. 83
1906	Serromyia Kieffer p. 64
1944	Serromyia Statz p. 149
1988	Serromyia Szadziewski p. 133
1997	Serromyia Borkent and Wirth p. 105
2011	Serromyia Sontag and Szadziewski p. 791
2013	Serromyia Borkent p. 130

References

Meigen J. W. , Systematische Beschreibung der Bekannten Europäischen Zweiflügeligen Insekten, Erster Theil, 1-332

Kieffer J. J. (1906) Diptera, Fam. Chironomidae, Genera Insectorum 42, 1-78

Statz G. (1944) Neue Dipteren (Nematocera) aus dem Oberoligocan von Rott. 1. Teil 6. Familie: Tendipedidae (Zuck- oder Schwarmmucken). 2. Teil 7. Familie: Heleidae (Gnitzen) 3. Teil 8. Familie: Lycoriidae (Trauermucken), Palaeontographica Abteilung A 95, 122-187

Szadziewski R. (1988) Biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Baltic amber, Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 57, 3-283

Sontag E., Szadziewski R. (2011) Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Eocene Baltic amber from the Rovno region (Ukraine), Polish Journal of Entomology 80, 779-800

Borkent A. (2013) , World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

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

Systema Dipterorum (2013) http://www.diptera.org/About.php - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Nilsson, A. (Ed.) (1997) Aquatic insects of North Europe: a taxonomic handbook. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1997. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Rehnberg, Y (2010) Svidknott (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) – irriterande okända. [Biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) – annoyingly unknown.] Ent. Tidskr. 131: 169-176 - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Evenhuis & Pont, 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Syst. Beschr. Zweifl. Ins., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Fauna Europaea (2013) Fauna Europaea, v. 2.6.1: http://www.faunaeur.org/ - 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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