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Trichoceridae
| Description | Trichoceridae, or winter crane flies, of the order Diptera are long, thin, delicate insects superficially similar in appearance to the Tipulidae, Tanyderidae, and Ptychopteridae. The presence of ocelli distinguishes the Trichoceridae from these other families. There are approximately 160 known species. The adults can be found flying in the fall and the spring and some are active even in the winter, hence their common name. They form dancing, loose swarms of mostly males. Adults can also be found resting inside caves and hollow logs. Larvae occur in moist habitats where they feed on decaying vegetable matter. They are of no economic importance. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichoceridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Trichoceridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Common Name | winter crane fly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Trichoceridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Meigen, J. W. (1803). Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten. Mag. Insektenkd. 2: 259-281. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 9 (7.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 201 - 191 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | K. Kertész. 1902. Catalogus Dipterorum Hucusque Descriptorum. Volumen II. Cecidomyiidae, Limnobiidae, Tipulidae, Cylindrotomidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Winter Crane Fly, Winter Crane Flies, Vintermyggor, Wintermuggen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichoceridae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ewauristinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Kovalevinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Paracladurinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Trichocerinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 129 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Archaeotrichocera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Diazosma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eotrichocera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Ewaurista ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Karatina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Kovaleva ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Mailotrichocera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Mesotrichocera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Musidoromima ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Nothotrichocera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paleotrichocera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Paracladura genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Rasnitsynina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Sinotrichocera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanyochoreta ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Trichocera genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 23 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
 Trichopteragenus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Caddisfly | 1,211 | 279 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant |
| Undaya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 35 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Zherikhinina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1902 | Trichoceridae Kertész p. 218 |
| 1962 | Musidoromimidae Rohdendorf p. 311 |
| 1985 | Trichoceridae Kalugina p. 47 |
| 1990 | Trichoceridae Hong and Wang p. 120 |
| 1992 | Musidoromimidae Carpenter |
| 1994 | Musidoromimidae Evenhuis |
| 1994 | Trichoceridae Evenhuis |
| 2007 | Trichoceridae Yeates et al. |
| 2011 | Trichoceridae Wiegmann et al. |
References
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!
