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Micropygomyia

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1641987	https://www.gbif.org/species/1641987
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	259897	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=259897

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Psychodidae : Micropygomyia

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	Psychodomorpha
superfamily	Psychodoidea
family	Psychodidae	Newman 1834
subfamily	Phlebotominae	Rondani 1840
genus	Micropygomyia	Barretto 1962

Scientific Name

Micropygomyia Barretto, 1962

Name Published In

Rev. Inst. Medicina Tropical São Paulo 4(2), -.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Micropygomyia	subgenus	belongs to Lutzomyia	stated with evidence	Barretto, 1962
Micropygomyia	genus	belongs to Phlebotominae	stated with evidence	Andrade Filho et al., 2008

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (40%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. P. Barretto. 1962. Novos subgêneros de Lutzomyia França, 1924 (Diptera, Psychodidae, subfamília Phlebotominae). Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 4:91-100

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Micropygomyia (Sauromyia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Micropygomyia brandaoi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Micropygomyia dorafeliciangeliae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micropygomyia micropyga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micropygomyia nahua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micropygomyia oppidana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micropygomyia peresi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micropygomyia trinidadensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phlebotomus paternus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1962	Lutzomyia (Micropygomyia) Barretto p. 95
1962	Micropygomyia Barretto p. 95
2006	Lutzomyia (Micropygomyia) Peñalver and Grimaldi p. 180
2008	Micropygomyia Andrade Filho et al.

References

Barretto M. P. (1962) Novos subgêneros de Lutzomyia França, 1924 (Diptera, Psychodidae, subfamília Phlebotominae), Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 4, 91-100

Peñalver E., Grimaldi D. (2006) Assemblages of mammalian hair and blood-feeding midges (Insecta: Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Miocene amber, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 96, 177-195

Andrade Filho J. D., Galati E. A. B., et al (2008) Description of Micropygomyia brandaoi sp. n. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), a fossil phlebotomine from the Dominican Republic, Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 103, 344-346

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

Galati et al., 2003 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (supplementary record created) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Rev. Inst. Medicina Tropical São Paulo 4(2), -. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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