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Cascoplecia

Description

Cascoplecia insolitis, commonly known as the unicorn fly, is an extinct dipteran that lived in the Early Cretaceous. The type specimen was found in Burmese amber. George Poinar, Jr., who described this fossil, coined a new family name for it – Cascopleciidae. One of the defining characteristics of Cascoplecia are three ocelli raised on an extended horn-like protuberance (hence its common name).


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8469426https://www.gbif.org/species/8469426
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)176376https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=176376
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Cascopleciidae : Cascoplecia
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Cascoplecia
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
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoideaFleming 1821
familyBibionidaeFleming 1821
subfamilyPleciinaeDuda 1930
genusCascopleciaPoinar 2010
Scientific NameCascoplecia Poinar, 2010
Name Published InArticle title: Cascoplecia insolitis (Diptera: Cascopleciidae), a new family, genus, and species of flower-visiting, unicorn fly (Bibionomorpha) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cascopleciagenusbelongs to Cascopleciidaestated with evidencePoinar, 2010
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)G. Poinar. 2010. Cascoplecia insolitis (Diptera: Cascopleciidae), a new family, genus, and species of flower-visiting, unicorn fly (Bibionomorpha) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 31:71-76
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascoplecia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cascoplecia insolitis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2010Cascoplecia Poinar

References

Poinar G. (2010) Cascoplecia insolitis (Diptera: Cascopleciidae), a new family, genus, and species of flower-visiting, unicorn fly (Bibionomorpha) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber, Cretaceous Research 31, 71-76
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: Cascoplecia insolitis (Diptera: Cascopleciidae), a new family, genus, and species of flower-visiting, unicorn fly (Bibionomorpha) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Cretaceous Research 31. - 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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