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Platyura

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1563336	https://www.gbif.org/species/1563336
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	138573	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=138573

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Keroplatidae : Platyura

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
infraorder	Bibionomorpha
superfamily	Sciaroidea	Billberg 1820
family	Keroplatidae	Rondani 1856
subfamily	Keroplatinae	Rondani 1856
tribe	Orfeliini	Matile 1990
genus	Platyura	Meigen 1803

Scientific Name

Platyura Meigen, 1803

Name Published In

Meigen, Johann W. 1803. Versuch einer neuen GattungsEintheilung der europäischen zweiflügligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2: 259-281.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Platyura	genus	belongs to Ceroplatinae	stated with evidence	Meunier, 1904
Platyura	genus	belongs to Mycetophilidae	stated with evidence	Aldrich, 1905
Platyura	genus	belongs to Ceroplatinae	stated with evidence	Johannsen, 1909
Platyura	genus	belongs to Mycetophilidae	stated without evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Platyura	genus	belongs to Orfeliini	stated with evidence	Evenhuis, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (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)

J. W. Meigen. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2:259-281

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Platyura africana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura bezzii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura bicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura bifasciata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura borinqueni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura conjuncta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Platyura czernyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura decora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura discoidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura fasciola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura fugax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura fulva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura incasica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura inconspicua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura intincta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura johnsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura knabi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura lucosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura lugubris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura manteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura marginata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura maritima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura maudae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura nigerrima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura nigricoxa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura nigriventris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura oberthueri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura occlusa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura pallipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura pectoralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura plami species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura pseudochracea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura pulchra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura rubens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura sachalinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura sastrei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura selecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura similis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura stonei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura subannulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura venustipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura willistoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyura zeteki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Platyura difficilis Meunier, 1899	GBIF	species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Keroplatidae : Platyura : *Platyura difficilis*
Platyura subaequalis Meunier, 1899	GBIF	species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Keroplatidae : Platyura : *Platyura subaequalis*
Platyura filipes Meunier, 1899	GBIF	species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Keroplatidae : Platyura : *Platyura filipes*
Apemon Johannsen, 1909	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Keroplatidae : *Apemon*
Paraplatyura Enderlein, 1911	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Keroplatidae : *Paraplatyura*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1803	Platyura Meigen p. 264
1899	Platyura difficilis Meunier p. 165
1899	Platyura filipes Meunier p. 165
1899	Platyura subaequalis Meunier p. 165
1904	Platyura Meunier p. 106
1905	Platyura Aldrich p. 139
1909	Platyura Johannsen p. 20
1992	Platyura Carpenter
2006	Platyura Evenhuis p. 95

References

Meigen J. W. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten, Magazin für Insektenkunde 2, 259-281

Meunier F. Révision des diptères fossiles types de Loew conservés au Musée Provincial de Koenigsberg, Miscellanea Entomologica 7, 161-165

Meunier F. (1904) Monographie des Cecidomyidae, des Sciaridae, des Mycetophilidae et des Chironomidae de l'ambre de la Baltique, Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 28, 12-275

Aldrich J. M. (1905) A catalogue of North American Diptera (or two-winged flies), Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 46 2, 1-680

Johannsen O. A. (1909) Diptera. Fam. Mycetophilidae, Genera Insectorum 93, 1-141

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

Evenhuis N. L. (2006) Catalog of the Keroplatidae of the World (Insecta: Diptera), Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology 13, 1-178

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 2 - 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

Kjaerandsen, J., Hedmark, K., Kurina, O., Polevoi, A., Økland, B. & Götmark, F. (2007) Annotated checklist of fungus gnats from Sweden (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution Supplement No 65 - 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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