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Drapetiella definitum ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8646262	https://www.gbif.org/species/8646262
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	262283	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=262283

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Empididae : Drapetiella : Drapetiella definitum

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Hybotidae : Drapetiella : Drapetiella definitum

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
suborder	Brachycera	Zetterstedt 1842
-	Heterodactyla
-	Eremoneura	Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
superfamily	Empidoidea	Latreille 1804
family	Hybotidae	Meigen 1820
subfamily	Tachydromiinae	Meigen 1822
genus	Drapetiella	Meunier 1908
species	Drapetiella definitum	Evenhuis 1994

Generic Name

Drapetiella

Scientific Name

Drapetiella definitum Evenhuis, 1994

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Drapetiella definitum	species	belongs to Drapetiella	stated with evidence	Evenhuis, 1994

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Last Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

N. L. Evenhuis. 1994. Catalogue of the Fossil Flies of the World (Insecta: Diptera)

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1994	Drapetiella definitum Evenhuis p. 97

References

Evenhuis N. L. (1994) , Catalogue of the Fossil Flies of the World (Insecta: Diptera), 1-600

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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