IRMNG - Megistocera Wiedemann, 1828

IRMNG taxon details

Megistocera Wiedemann, 1828

IRMNG_ID

1296416 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1296416)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tipulidae Leach, 1815

Synonymised names

Maegistocera Blanchard, 1845 · unaccepted

Maekistocera Wiedemann, 1821 · unaccepted

Mekistocera Osten-Sacken, 1868 · unaccepted

Moegistocera Macquart, 1834 · unaccepted

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Species Megistocera filipes (Fabricius, 1805)
Species Megistocera longipennis (Macquart, 1838)
Species Megistocera bicauda Speiser, 1909 accepted as Megistocera filipes (Fabricius, 1805)
Species Megistocera dimidiata Westwood, 1835 accepted as Leptotarsus dispar (Walker, 1835)
Species Megistocera dispar Walker, 1835 accepted as Leptotarsus dispar (Walker, 1835)
Species Megistocera hirsuta Alexander, 1917 accepted as Megistocera filipes (Fabricius, 1805)
Species Megistocera limbipennis Macquart, 1838 accepted as Leptotarsus dispar (Walker, 1835)
Species Megistocera pacifica Erichson, 1842 accepted as Leptotarsus costalis (Swederus, 1787)
Species Megistocera tenuis (Wulp, 1885) accepted as Megistocera longipennis (Macquart, 1838)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Aussereurop. Zweifl. Insekt., 1, 55
page(s): 554 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark pro Maekist- Wiedemann 1821 (Nomen. Zool.). Megistocera is treated as valid by most current sources although Maekistocera...

Taxonomic remark pro Maekist- Wiedemann 1821 (Nomen. Zool.). Megistocera is treated as valid by most current sources although Maekistocera is the senior name. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Megistocera Wiedemann, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1296416 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (12)
Notes (2)

original description Aussereurop. Zweifl. Insekt., 1, 55
page(s): 554 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000 unverified [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

extant flag source Fossil Diptera Catalog (fossil representative) [details]

extant flag source SN2000 unverified [details]

habitat flag source as per family (nonmarine except where stated) [details]

original description (of Mekistocera Osten-Sacken, 1868) Osten Sacken, C.R. (1869). Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part IV. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 8(219)i-xi+1-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8819197
page(s): 14 [details]

original description (of Maekistocera Wiedemann, 1821) Dipt. Exot.
page(s): 41 [details]

original description (of Moegistocera Macquart, 1834) Roret's Suite à Buffon (Dipt.), 1
page(s): 113 [details]

original description (of Maegistocera Blanchard, 1845) Blanchard, E. (1845). Traité complet d'histoire naturelle. Tome 9: Histoire des insectes, traitant de leurs moeurs et de leurs métamorphoses en général et comprenant une nouvelle classification fondée sur leurs rapports naturels. Tome 2. Coléoptères, Orthoptères, Thysanoptères, Nevroptères, Lépidoptères, Hémiptères, Aphaniptères, Strepsiptères, Diptères, Anoplures et Thysanures. Firmin Didot Frères, Paris. 524 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81191
page(s): 456 [details]

From other sources

Nomenclatural status orthographia [details]

Taxonomic remark pro Maekist- Wiedemann 1821 (Nomen. Zool.). Megistocera is treated as valid by most current sources although Maekistocera is the senior name. [details]