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Hirmoneura

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1479423	https://www.gbif.org/species/1479423
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	200602	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=200602

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Nemestrinidae : Hirmoneura

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
-	Homeodactyla
superfamily	Nemestrinoidea	Macquart 1834
family	Nemestrinidae	Macquart 1834
subfamily	Hirmoneurinae
genus	Hirmoneura	Wiedemann 1820

Scientific Name

Hirmoneura Wiedemann, 1820

Name Published In

Syst. Beschr. zweifl. Insekt., 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hirmoneura	genus	belongs to Nemestrinidae	stated with evidence	Aldrich, 1905
Hirmoneura	genus	belongs to Hirmoneurinae	stated with evidence	Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs, 2000
Hirmoneura	genus	belongs to Nemestrinidae	stated with evidence	Wedmann, 2007
Hirmoneura	genus	belongs to Hirmoneurinae	stated with evidence	Liu and Huang, 2019

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (15%)

First Recorded Appearance

166 - 157 Ma
Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S. Wedmann. 2007. A nemestrinid fly (Insecta: Diptera: Nemestrinidae: cf. Hirmoneura) from the Eocene Messel Pit (Germany). Journal of Paleontology 81(5):1114-1117

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hirmoneura (Eohirmoneura) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		2	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hirmoneura (Hirmoneura) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Hirmoneura (Hirmoneurites) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Hirmoneura andicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura annandalei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura anthophila species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura anthracoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura arizonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura articulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura austeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura basalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura bellula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura bradleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura brandti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura brevirostrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura brevirostris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura brunnea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura burmanica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hirmoneura carbonifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura caudiprima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hirmoneura cingulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura cockerelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura coffeata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura cuprofulgida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura ecuadorensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura elenae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura ester species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura exotica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura flavipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura laotica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura lurida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura maculipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura magdalena species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura melolonthophaga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura mesembrina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura miriam species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura mittelstaedti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura mostovskii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hirmoneura neli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura nigerrima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura nubipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura obscura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura ochracea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura oldenbergi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura opaca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura orellanae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura orientalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura paraluctosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura paraluctuosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura parandicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura philippii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura philippina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura pipistrella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura priscila species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura psilotes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura punctata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura punctipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura richterae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hirmoneura rubronigra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura ruizi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura silvae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura spitzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura strobelii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura surcana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura texana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura tienmushanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura turkestanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura villosula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura vitalisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura vsevolodi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirmoneura zigrasi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Hyrmoneura Rondani, 1864	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Nemestrinidae : *Hyrmoneura*
Hermoneura Philippi, 1865	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Nemestrinidae : *Hermoneura*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1820	Hirmoneura Meigen p. 132
1905	Hirmoneura Aldrich p. 218
1908	Hirmoneura Cockerell p. 311
1992	Hirmoneura Carpenter
2000	Hirmoneura Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs p. 142
2007	Hirmoneura Wedmann p. 1115
2016	Hirmoneura Grimaldi p. 50
2019	Hirmoneura Liu and Huang p. 4

References

Wedmann S. (2007) A nemestrinid fly (Insecta: Diptera: Nemestrinidae: cf. Hirmoneura) from the Eocene Messel Pit (Germany), Journal of Paleontology 81 5, 1114-1117

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. (1908) Descriptions of Tertiary Insects, Part III: Fossil Diptera of the Family Nemestrinidae, American Journal of Science, Series 4 25 148, 309-312

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

Mostovski M. B., Martínez-Delclòs X. (2000) New Nemestrinoidea (Diptera: Brachycera) from the Upper Jurassic - Lower Cretaceous of Eurasia, taxonomy, and palaeobiology, Entomological Problems 31 2, 137-148

Grimaldi D. A. (2016) Diverse orthorrhaphan flies (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera) in amber from the Cretaceous of Myanmar: Brachycera in Cretaceous amber, part VII, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 408, 1-131

Liu Y. M., Huang D. Y. (2019) New materials of Nemestrinidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Cretaceous Research 104, 104173

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: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Syst. Beschr. zweifl. Insekt., 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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