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Ironomyiidae

Description

The Ironomyiidae, or ironic flies, are a small family of insects of the order Diptera. Historically, they have been included in the family Platypezidae, and includes three extant species and a number of extinct fossil species.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5556https://www.gbif.org/species/5556
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)139155https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=139155
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Ironomyiidae
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
-EremoneuraGrimaldi and Cumming 1999
suborderCyclorrhapha
superfamilyPlatypezoideaFallen 1815
familyIronomyiidaeMcAlpine and Martin 1966
Common Nameironic fly
Scientific NameIronomyiidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ironomyiidaefamilybelongs to Brachycerastated without evidenceCarpenter, 1992
Ironomyiidaefamilybelongs to Cyclorrhaphastated with evidenceGrimaldi and Cumming, 1999
Ironomyiidaefamilybelongs to Platypezoideastated with evidenceWiegmann et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)36
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (2.8%)
First Recorded Appearance125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. F. McAlpine and J. E. H. Martin. 1966. Systematics of Sciadoceridae and relatives with descriptions of two new genera and species from Canadian amber and erection of family Ironomyiidae (Diptera: Phoroidea). The Canadian Entomologist 98:527-544
Common Name(s) Ironic Fly
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironomyiidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cretonomyiinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)183.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sinolestinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)35125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cretonomyia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
183.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eridomyia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
383.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hermaeomyia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
12125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ironomyia
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Lebambromyia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Palaeopetia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
19125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Proironia
genus
listed (PBDB)299.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1966Ironomyiidae McAlpine and Martin p. 528
1992Ironomyiidae Carpenter
1999Ironomyiidae Grimaldi and Cumming p. 79
2011Ironomyiidae Wiegmann et al.

References

McAlpine J. F., Martin J. E. H. (1966) Systematics of Sciadoceridae and relatives with descriptions of two new genera and species from Canadian amber and erection of family Ironomyiidae (Diptera: Phoroidea), The Canadian Entomologist 98, 527-544
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Grimaldi D. A., Cumming J. M. (1999) Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 239, 1-121
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
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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