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Sciomyzidae

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Description

The family Sciomyzidae belongs to the typical flies (Brachycera) of the order Diptera. They are commonly called marsh flies, and in some cases snail-killing flies due to the food of their larvae.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3524	https://www.gbif.org/species/3524
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	139287	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=139287

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Sciomyzidae

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
-	Eremoneura	Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
suborder	Cyclorrhapha
-	Schizophora	Becher 1882
superfamily	Sciomyzoidea	Fallen 1820
family	Sciomyzidae	Fallen 1820

Common Name

snail-killing fly

Scientific Name

Sciomyzidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Sciomyzidae	family	belongs to Cyclorrhapha	stated with evidence	Whalley and Jarzembowski, 1985
Sciomyzidae	family	belongs to Brachycera	stated without evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Sciomyzidae	family	belongs to Sciomyzoidea	stated with evidence	Wiegmann et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

8 (29%)

First Recorded Appearance

129 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

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

Common Name(s)

Slakkendoders, Marsh Flies, Snail-killing Fly, Kärrflugor

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Phaeomyiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		3	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Salticellinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Sciomyzinae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	50.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Anticheta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Apteromicra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atrichomelina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calliscia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chasmacryptum genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Colobaea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coremacera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cylidria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichetophora genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichetoptera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dictya genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dictyacium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dictyodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dominimyza ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Ectinocera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elgiva genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ellipotaenia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ethiolimnia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eulimnia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euthycera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euthycerina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eutrichomelina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Guatemalia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hedria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hoplodictya genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hydromya genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ilione genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limnia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neolimnia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neuzina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Oidematops genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Oligolimnia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Palaeoheteromyza ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Parectinocera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perilimnia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pherbecta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pherbellia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pherbina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Poecilographa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prophaeomyia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Prosalticella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Prosochaeta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protodictya genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Psacadina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomelina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteromicra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Renocera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Salticella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sciomyza genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	50.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Sepedomerus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sepedon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sepedonea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sepedonella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sepedonites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Shannonia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steyskalina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tetanocera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tetanoceroides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tetanoptera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tetanura genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Teutoniomyia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thecomyia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trypetolimnia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trypetoptera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Verbekaria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Colobdea deemingi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Tetanoceridae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Tetanoceridae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1820	Sciomyzidae Fallen p. 1
1985	Sciomyzidae Whalley and Jarzembowski p. 404
1992	Sciomyzidae Carpenter
2011	Sciomyzidae Wiegmann et al.

References

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

Whalley P. E. S., Jarzembowski E. A. (1985) Fossil insects from the Lithographic Limestone Montsech (Late Jurassic-early Cretaceous), Lérida Province, Spain, Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 38 5, 381-412

Wiegmann B. M., Trautwein M. D., et al (2011) Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108, 5690-5695

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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

Rozkosny, R.,Darvas, B.,Papp, L. (1998) 3.35. Family Sciomyzidae - via The Diptera Site

Knutson, L. V.,Shewell, G. E.,Wood, D. M.,Vockeroth, J. R.,Peterson, B. V.,Teskey, H. J.,McAlpine, J. F. (1987.03.31) Chapter 84. Sciomyzidae - via The Diptera Site

Beuk, P.L.Th. (ed.) (2002) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Smith, K.G.V. (1989) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

De Pauw, N. & Vannevel, R. (eds.) (1991) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Nilsson, A. (ed.) (1997) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

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