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Senoprosopis

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1662275	https://www.gbif.org/species/1662275
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	139000	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=139000

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Asilidae : Senoprosopis

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
suborder	Brachycera	Zetterstedt 1842
-	Heterodactyla
superfamily	Asiloidea	Latreille 1802
family	Asilidae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Asilinae	Latreille 1802
genus	Senoprosopis	Macquatt 1839

Scientific Name

Senoprosopis Macquatt, 1839

Name Published In

Mém. Soc. R, Sci. Lille, 1838 (3)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Senoprosopis	genus	belongs to Asilinae	stated with evidence	James, 1939
Senoprosopis	genus	belongs to Asilidae	stated without evidence	Lewis, 1972

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (14%)

First Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Senoprosopis (Eosenoprosopis) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		3	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Senobasis borealis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Senoprosopis beckeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.3 Ma Oligocene	33.3 Ma Oligocene
Senoprosopis coxalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Senoprosopis diardii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Senoprosopis eureka ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Senoprosopis romeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Senoprosopus Walker, 1855	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Asilidae : *Senoprosopus*
Stenoprosopis Agassiz, 1846	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Asilidae : *Stenoprosopis*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1838	Senoprosopis Macquart p. 130
1939	Senoprosopis James p. 42
1962	Senoprosopis Hull
1972	Senoprosopis Lewis p. 275
1992	Senoprosopis Carpenter

References

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

James M. T. (1939) A preliminary review of certain families of Diptera from the Florissant Miocene Beds. II, Journal of Paleontology 13 1, 42-48

Hull F. M. (1962) Robber flies of the world, the genera of the family Asilidae, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 224, 1-430

Lewis S. E. (1972) Two new species of fossil robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) from the Ruby River Basin (Oligocene) of southwestern Montana, Annals of the Entomological Society of America 65 1, 275-276

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mém. Soc. R, Sci. Lille, 1838 (3) - 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

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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