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Lipsothrix

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Description

Lipsothrix is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1520568	https://www.gbif.org/species/1520568
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	140218	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=140218

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Limoniidae : Lipsothrix

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
suborder	Nematocera	Latreille 1825
infraorder	Tipulomorpha
superfamily	Tipuloidea	Latreille 1802
family	Limoniidae	Speiser 1909
subfamily	Limoniinae	Speiser 1909
genus	Lipsothrix	Loew 1873

Scientific Name

Lipsothrix Loew, 1873

Name Published In

in Meigen, Syst. Beschr. zweifl. Ins., 10, 67

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lipsothrix	genus	belongs to Limoniidae	stated without evidence	Evenhuis, 1994
Lipsothrix	genus	belongs to Limoniidae	stated with evidence	Krzemiski, 2001
Lipsothrix	genus	belongs to Limoniinae	stated with evidence	Kania, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

N. L. Evenhuis. 1994. Catalogue of the Fossil Flies of the World (Insecta: Diptera)

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Electrolabis extincta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix apicifusca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix assamica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix babai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix burmica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix chettri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix decurvata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix ecucullata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix errans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix extincta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Lipsothrix fenderi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix flavissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix fulva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix galiciensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix heitfeldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix hynesiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix iranica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix kashimirica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix kashmirica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix kraussiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix leucopeza species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix malla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix mirabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix mirifica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix neotropica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix nervosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix nigrilinea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix nobilis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Lipsothrix orthotenes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix pluto species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix propatula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix radiata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Lipsothrix remota species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix shasta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix sylvia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix taiwanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix tokunagai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix yakushimae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lipsothrix yamamotoana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1873	Lipsothrix Loew p. 67
1931	Electrolabis Alexander p. 58
1992	Electrolabis Carpenter
1994	Lipsothrix Evenhuis
2001	Electrolabis Krzemiński p. 329
2001	Lipsothrix Krzemiński p. 329
2015	Lipsothrix Kania p. 79

References

Evenhuis N. L. (1994) , Catalogue of the Fossil Flies of the World (Insecta: Diptera), 1-600

Alexander C. P. (1931) Crane-flies of the Baltic Amber (Diptera), Bernstein-Forschungen 2, 1-135

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

Krzemiski W. (2001) First record of the genus Lipsothrix Loew (Diptera: Limoniidae) in Baltic amber (Upper Eocene), Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 70, 329-331

Kania I. (2015) The taxonomy of selected genera of the subfamily Limoniinae (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene), with notes on their phylogeny, Annales Zoologici 65, 71-100

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

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - 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 (nonmarine except where stated) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Brindle, A. (1967) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

in Meigen, Syst. Beschr. zweifl. Ins., 10, 67 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Struwe, Ingemar (2008) Svenska Bibionidae och Tipuloidea. Excelfil 081017. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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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