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Paracosmus

Description

Paracosmus is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about five described species in Paracosmus.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1669294https://www.gbif.org/species/1669294
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)261122https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=261122
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bombyliidae : Paracosmus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-Mecopterida
superorderAntliophora
orderDipteraLinnaeus 1758
-NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
-Heterodactyla
familyBombyliidaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyTomomyzinaeBecker 1913
genusParacosmusOsten-Sacken 1877
Scientific NameParacosmus Osten-Sacken, 1877
Name Published InBull. U.S. Geol. Surv., 3
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Paracosmusgenusbelongs to Bombylidaestated with evidenceOsten Sacken, 1877
Paracosmusgenusbelongs to Bombyliidaestated with evidenceAldrich, 1905
Paracosmusgenusbelongs to Tomomyzinaestated with evidenceEvenhuis and Greathead, 1999
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (33%)
First Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. R. Osten Sacken. 1877. Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3:189-354
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracosmus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Paracosmus (Paracosmus)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)537.2 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Lithocosmus coquilletti
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paracosmus edwardsii
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paracosmus insolens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paracosmus morrisoni
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paracosmus rubicundus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paracosmus similis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Protolomatia antiqua
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Protolomatia recurrens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Protophthiria palpalis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Allocotus Berliner, 1872GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bombyliidae : Allocotus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1877Paracosmus Osten Sacken p. 262
1905Paracosmus Aldrich p. 243
1909Lithocosmus Cockerell
1914Protophthiria Cockerell p. 720
1914Protolomatia Cockerell p. 723
1992Lithocosmus Carpenter
1992Protolomatia Carpenter
1999Paracosmus Evenhuis and Greathead

References

Osten Sacken C. R. Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3, 189-354
Aldrich J. M. (1905) A catalogue of North American Diptera (or two-winged flies), Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 46 2, 1-680
Cockerell T. D. A. (1909) Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26, 67-77
Cockerell T. D. A. (1914) New and little known insects from the Miocene of Florissant, Colorado, Journal of Geology 22, 714-724
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Evenhuis N. L., Greathead D. J. (1999) , World Catalog of Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae), 1-756
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
Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv., 3 - 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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