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Zhenia

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8455918https://www.gbif.org/species/8455918
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)334011https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=334011
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Eremochaetidae : Zhenia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
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
superfamilyArchisargoideaRohdendorf 1962
familyEremochaetidaeUssatchov 1968
genusZheniaZhang et al. 2016
Scientific NameZhenia Zhang et al., 2016
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Zheniagenusbelongs to Eremochaetidaestated with evidenceGrimaldi and Barden, 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)Q. P. Zhang, J. F. Zhang, and Y. T. Fang, H. C. Zhang, B. Wang. 2016. An endoparasitoid Cretaceous fly and the evolution of parasitoidism. The Science of Nature 103(2):1-7

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Zhenia xiai
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
399.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2016Zhenia Grimaldi and Barden p. 4
2016Zhenia Zhang et al. p. 2

References

Zhang Q. P., Zhang J. F., et al (2016) An endoparasitoid Cretaceous fly and the evolution of parasitoidism, The Science of Nature 103 2, 1-7
Grimaldi D. A., Barden P. (2016) The Mesozoic family Eremochaetidae (Diptera: Brachycera) in Burmese amber and relationships of Archisargoidea: Brachycera in Cretaceous Amber, Part VIII, American Museum Novitates 3865, 1-29
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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