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Synapha

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1614887	https://www.gbif.org/species/1614887
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	138595	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=138595

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Mycetophilidae : Synapha

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	Mycetophilidae	Newman 1835
subfamily	Sciophilinae	Winnertz 1863
tribe	Gnoristini
genus	Synapha	Meigen 1818

Scientific Name

Synapha Meigen, 1818

Name Published In

Meigen, Johann W. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. F. W. Forstmann, Aachen. Vol. T.1: i-xxxvi; 1-332.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Synapha	genus	belongs to Mycetophilinae	stated with evidence	Johannsen, 1909
Synapha	genus	belongs to Mycetophilidae	stated without evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Synapha	genus	belongs to Mycetophilidae	stated with evidence	Blagoderov and Martínez-Delclòs, 2001
Synapha	genus	belongs to Gnoristini	stated with evidence	Blagoderov, 2007

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (20%)

First Recorded Appearance

130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. W. Meigen. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der Bekannten Europäischen Zweiflügeligen Insekten, Erster Theil

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Empalia subtriangularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha apicalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha astacus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha bicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha claripennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha consueta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha dhorparkharkaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha disjuncta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha fasciata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha flavipalpis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha flavonigra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha fulva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha fumipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha funerea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha idalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha juno species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha lachaisei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha longistyla ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Synapha michelbacheri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha montana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha morenoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha nigrescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha rubiesensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Synapha rufescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha similis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha spiniphora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha subtriangularis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Synapha tibialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha viettei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha vitripennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Synapha zherikhini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Sinapha Rondani, 1856	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Mycetophilidae : *Sinapha*
Empalia Winnertz	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Mycetophilidae : *Empalia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1818	Synapha Meigen p. 227
1863	Empalia Winnertz
1909	Empalia Johannsen p. 42
1909	Synapha Johannsen p. 60
1992	Synapha Carpenter
2001	Synapha Blagoderov and Martínez-Delclòs p. 66
2007	Synapha Blagoderov

References

Meigen J. W. , Systematische Beschreibung der Bekannten Europäischen Zweiflügeligen Insekten, Erster Theil, 1-332

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

Blagoderov V. A., Martínez-Delclòs X. (2001) Two new fungus gnats (Insecta, Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain, Geobios 34 1, 63-67

Blagoderov V. A. (2007) New species of Fungus Gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Palaeocene Sakhalin Amber, Russia, Alavesia 1, 27-36

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 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Kjaerandsen, Jostein (2008) Svenska svampmyggor. Excelfil 080919 - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Syst. Beschr. Zweifl. Insekt., 1 - 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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