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Pipunculinae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)260019https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=260019
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Pipunculidae : Pipunculinae
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
familyPipunculidaeZetterstedt 1842
subfamilyPipunculinaeZetterstedt 1842
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pipunculinaesubfamilybelongs to Pipunculidaestated with evidenceDe Meyer, 1995
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. De Meyer. 1995. Short note on fossil Pipunculidae (Diptera) from Dominican amber. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 103:208-214

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Eudorylini
tribe
listed (PBDB)220.4 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1842Pipunculinae Zetterstedt
1995Pipunculinae De Meyer
2014Pipunculinae Archibald et al. p. 437

References

De Meyer M. (1995) Short note on fossil Pipunculidae (Diptera) from Dominican amber, Journal of the New York Entomological Society 103, 208-214
Archibald S. B., Kehlmaier C., et al (2014) Early Eocene big headed flies (Diptera: Pipunculidae) from the Okanagan Highlands, western North America, The Canadian Entomologist 146, 429-443
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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