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Lygistorrhinidae

Description

Lygistorrhinidae is a family of long-beaked fungus gnats in the order Diptera. There are about 7 genera and at least 30 described species in Lygistorrhinidae.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9494https://www.gbif.org/species/9494
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)214020https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=214020
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Lygistorrhinidae
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
superfamilySciaroideaBillberg 1820
familyLygistorrhinidaeEdwards 1925
Common Namelong beaked fungus gnat
Scientific NameLygistorrhinidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lygistorrhinidaefamilybelongs to Sciaroideastated with evidenceBlagoderov and Grimaldi, 2004
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)27
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (7.4%)
First Recorded Appearance130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)V. A. Blagoderov and D. Grimaldi. 2004. Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous ambers, exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae. American Museum Novitates 3433:1-76
Common Name(s) Long Beaked Fungus Gnat
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lygistorrhinidae

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Archaeognoriste
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Asiorrhina
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Blagorrhina
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gracilorrhina
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Indorrhina
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
156.0 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Labellorrhina
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Lebanognoriste
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Leptognoriste
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
299.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Loyugesa
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Lygistorrhina
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
256.0 Ma
Paleocene
0 Ma
Extant
Matileola
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palaeognoriste
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
356.0 Ma
Paleocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Parisognoriste
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
155.8 Ma
Eocene
55.8 Ma
Eocene
Plesiognoriste
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
285.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Protognoriste
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
399.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Seguyola
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1925Lygistorrhinidae Edwards
2004Lygistorrhinidae Blagoderov and Grimaldi p. 12

References

Blagoderov V. A., Grimaldi D. (2004) Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous ambers, exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae, American Museum Novitates 3433, 1-76
CoL2006/BDWD - 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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