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Unplaced NEMATOCERA




The taxa listed below could not be placed with certainty in any existing family, but have characters consistent with nematocerous flies. It is strongly recommended that type specimens of all the taxa listed here be reexamined to determine their placement within the Diptera.

In addition to the described taxa listed below, an undescribed and unplaced specimen of Culicomorpha from the Jurassic Solnhofen Formation of Germany was recorded and pictured by Ponomarenko (1985: 137, 140), material from the Eocene Arkansas amber were recorded by Saunders et al. (1974: 983), and numerous specimens of nematocerous larvae, pupae, and adults are recorded and figured from the Cretaceous limestone deposits of Nagpur, India by George (1952). The last records appear to be Chironomidae, but any conclusion as to familial placement can only be made after restudy of the fossils.


Genus AMBLYLEXIS Bode

AMBLYLEXIS Bode, 1953: 330. Type species: Amblylexis gibberata Bode, 1953, by monotypy.

gibberata Bode, 1953: 330. PA: Germany (Lower Jurassic) [C].


Genus APISTOGRYPOTES Bode

APISTOGRYPOTES Bode, 1953: 329. Type species: Apistogrypotes inflexa Bode, 1953, by monotypy.

inflexa Bode, 1953: 329. PA: Germany (Lower Jurassic) [C].


Genus BODEPHORA Evenhuis

CORMOPHORA Bode, 1953: 329. Type species: Cormophora arucaeformis Bode, 1953, by monotypy. [Preoccupied by Agassiz, 1846.]
BODEPHORA Evenhuis, 1994: 280 (new replacement name for Cormophora Bode). Type species: Cormophora arucaeformis Bode, 1953, automatic.

arucaeformis Bode, 1953: 329 (Cormophora). PA: Germany (Lower Jurassic) [C].

Genus CYRTOMIDES Bode

CYRTOMIDES Bode, 1953: 329. Type species: Cyrtomides maculatus Bode, 1953, by monotypy.

maculatus Bode, 1953: 329. PA: Germany (Lower Jurassic) [C].


Genus ELASMOSCOLEX Bode

ELASMOSCOLEX Bode, 1953: 334. Type species: Elasmoscolex hamatus Bode, 1953, by monotypy.

hamatus Bode, 1953: 334. PA: Germany (Lower Jurassic) [C].


Genus ELLIPIBODUS Evenhuis

ELLIPES Bode, 1953: 328. Type species: Ellipes laesa Bode, 1953, by monotypy. [Preoccupied by Scudder, 1902.] New synonymy.
ELLIPIBODUS Evenhuis, 1994: 281 (new replacement name for Ellipes Bode). Type species: Ellipes laesa Bode, 1953, automatic.

laesa Bode, 1953: 328 (Ellipes). PA: Germany (Lower Jurassic) [C].


Genus ENTRADICHNUS Ekdale & Picard

ENTRADICHNUS Ekdale & Picard, 1985: 8. Type species: Entradichnus meniscus Ekdale & Picard, 1985, by original designation.

meniscus Ekdale & Picard, 1985: 8. NE: USA (Middle Jurassic) [T].


Genus EOCULEX Fric

EOCULEX Fric, 1905: 3. Unavailable name; genus-group name proposed before 1931 without diagnosis, indication or description.

priscus Fric, 1905: 3. Nomen nudum.


Genus HOMOEOPTYCHOPTERIS Bode

HOMOEOPTYCHOPTERIS Bode, 1953: 317. Type species: Homoeoptychopteris incerta Bode, 1953, by original designation.

incerta Bode, 1953: 317. PA: Germany (Lower Jurassic) [C].


Genus HONGOCALONEURA Evenhuis

CALONEURA Hong, 1981: 91. Type species Caloneura plectilis Hong, 1981, by original designation. [Preoccupied by Handlirsch, 1906.]
HONGOCALONEURA Evenhuis, 1994: 282 (new replacement name for Caloneura Hong). Type species: Caloneura plectilis Hong, 1981, automatic.

plectilis Hong, 1981: 91 (Caloneura). PA: China (Eocene) [A].
pletilis. Incorrect original spelling of plectilis (Hong, 1981: 94, fig. 97).


Genus HYPERPOLYNEURA Rohdendorf

HYPERPOLYNEURA Rohdendorf, 1961: 95. Type species: Hyperpolyneura phryganeoides Rohdendorf, 1961, by original designation.

phryganeoides Rohdendorf, 1961: 95. PA: Kirghizistan (Lower Jurassic) [C].


Genus LIAUNINGIUS Hong

LIAUNINGIUS Hong, 1982: 167. Type species: Chironomaptera robusta Lin, 1976, by original designation.
LIAONINGIUS Zhang, 1989b: 355 (unjustified emendation of Liauningius Hong). Type species: Chironomaptera robusta Lin, 1976, automatic.

robusta Lin, 1976: 146 (Chironomaptera). PA: Mongolia (Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous) [C].


Genus PALAEOERIOPTERA Meunier

PALAEOERIOPTERA Meunier, 1899f: 359. Type species: Palaeoerioptera meunieri Evenhuis, 1994, by original designation.
[Palaeoerioptera originally proposed without included species. The type designated is from the first included named species within the genus in accordance with the Code and validated by bibliographic reference to characters given in Meunier (1899f: 359) for the genus Palaeoerioptera.]

meunieri Evenhuis, 1994: 283. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
[Species-group name validated by bibliographic reference to characters given in Meunier (1899f: 359 for the genus Palaeoerioptera.]


Genus PARADICTYODIPTERA Rohdendorf

PARADICTYODIPTERA Rohdendorf, 1961: 903. Type species: Paradictyodiptera trianalis Rohdendorf, 1961, by original designation.

trianalis Rohdendorf, 1961: 93. PA: Kirghizistan (Lower Jurassic) [C].


Genus PLATYPLECIA Hong

PLATYPLECIA Hong, 1983: 118. Type species: Platyplecia suni Hong, 1983, by original designation.

parva Hong, 1983: 118. PA: China (Middle Jurassic) [C].
suni Hong, 1983: 118. PA: China (Middle Jurassic) [C].


Genus PSEUDOSIMULIUM Handlirsch

PSEUDOSIMULIUM Handlirsch, 1906a: 630. Type species: Simulium humidum Westwood, 1845 (as "humidum Brodie"), by monotypy.

humidum Westwood in Brodie, 1845: 121, pl. 3, fig. 8 (Simulium). PA: UK (England) (Lower Cretaceous) [C].


Genus RAPTATORES Hong

RAPTATORES Hong, 1983: 207. Type species: Raptatores erraticus Hong, 1983, by original designation.
RATATORES. Incorrect original spelling of Raptatores (Hong, 1983: 207).

erraticus Hong, 1983: 209. PA: China (Middle Jurassic) [C].


Genus SAMA Giebel

SAMA Giebel, 1856: 238. Type species: Macrocera rustica Westwood, 1845, by monotypy.

rustica Westwood in Brodie, 1845: pl. 3, fig. 13 (Macrocera). PA: UK (England) (Lower Cretaceous) [C].


Genus SPHALLONYMPHITES Bode

SPHALLONYMPHITES Bode, 1953: 330. Type species: Sphallonymphites decurtatus Bode, 1953, by monotypy.

decurtatus Bode, 1953: 330. PA: Germany (Lower Jurassic) [C].


Genus VENAPAUCIA Evenhuis

PAUCIVENA Lin, 1976: 111. Type species: Paucivena elongata Lin, 1976, by original designation. [Preoccupied by Davis, 1975.] New synonymy.
PAUCIRENA. Incorrect original spelling of Paucivena (Lin, 1976: 98).
VENAPAUCIA Evenhuis, 1994: 284 (new replacement name for Paucivena Lin). Type species: Paucivena elongata Lin, 1976, automatic.

elongata Lin, 1976: 112 (Paucivena). PA: China (Upper Jurassic) [C]; PA: China (Middle Jurassic [C].
elongeta. Incorrect original spelling of elongata (Lin, 1976: pl. 1, fig. 12).


Unplaced Species of NEMATOCERA

indistinctus Rohdendorf, 1946: 80 (Fungivorites). PA: Kazakhstan (Upper Jurassic) [C].
ninae Kovalev, 1990: 171 ("Sciophilites"). PA: Russia (Siberia) (Upper Jurassic) [C].
occultata Scudder, 1877a: 753 (Mycetophila). NE: USA (Eocene) [C].
problematicum Statz, 1944a: 85 (Fungivorites). PA: Germany (Oligocene) [C].


This page last revised 29 September 1996.