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Acartophthalmidae

Description

The Acartophthalmidae are a family of very small (1.0-2.5 mm), dark flies with pubescent arista, placed in the order Diptera. All are Holarctic in distribution. Two fossil species are known, with uncertain placement.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7270https://www.gbif.org/species/7270
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)139393https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=139393
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Acartophthalmidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-Mecopterida
superorderAntliophora
orderDipteraLinnaeus 1758
-NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
-Heterodactyla
-EremoneuraGrimaldi and Cumming 1999
suborderCyclorrhapha
-SchizophoraBecher 1882
familyAcartophthalmidaeCzerny 1928
Scientific NameAcartophthalmidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Acartophthalmidaefamilybelongs to Brachycerastated without evidenceCarpenter, 1992
Acartophthalmidaefamilybelongs to Schizophorastated with evidenceWiegmann et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (100%)
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4:1-655
Common Name(s) Lövbuskflugor, Acartophthalmid Flies
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acartophthalmidae

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Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Acartophthalmites âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
638.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Acartophthalmus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1928Acartophthalmidae Czerny p. 3
1992Acartophthalmidae Carpenter
2011Acartophthalmidae Wiegmann et al.

References

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Wiegmann B. M., Trautwein M. D., et al (2011) Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108, 5690-5695
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Pape, T.; Blagoderov, B.; Mostovski, M. B. (2011). Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. 3148: 222-229. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Systema Dipterorum (2013) http://www.diptera.org/About.php - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Papp, L.,Ozerov, A.,Darvas, B. (1998) 3.17. Family Acartophthalmidae - via The Diptera Site
Chandler, P. J. (1998) Acartophthalmus bicolor Oldenberg and Meoneura neottiophila Collin (Diptera, Acartophthalmidae and Carnidae) on Pleurotus caps - via The Diptera Site
Peterson, B. V.,Wood, D. M.,Teskey, H. J.,McAlpine, J. F.,Shewell, G. E.,Vockeroth, J. R. (1987.03.31) Chapter 71. Acartophthalmidae - via The Diptera Site
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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