IRMNG - Glossinidae Theobald, 1903

IRMNG taxon details

Glossinidae Theobald, 1903

IRMNG_ID

101725 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:101725)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Diptera

Direct children (7)

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Genus Glossina Wiedemann, 1830
Genus Austenina Townsend, 1921 accepted as Glossina Wiedemann, 1830 (Treated as valid subgenus)
Genus Machadomyia Travassos Santos Dias, 1989 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Newsteadina Townsend, 1921 accepted as Glossina Wiedemann, 1830 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Genus Cockerellitha Townsend, 1938 † accepted as Glossina Wiedemann, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Lithoglossina Townsend, 1938 † accepted as Glossina Wiedemann, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Nemorhina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 accepted as Glossina Wiedemann, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, rejected name)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2022). Glossinidae Theobald, 1903. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101725 on 2025-03-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2022-10-22 15:56:21Z

changed

Girard, Jean-Sébastien

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Sources (3)
Notes (2)

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Hexapoda (Subphylum) > Insecta (Class) > Pterygota (Subclass) > Neoptera (Infraclass) > Holometabola (Superorder) > Diptera (Order) > Brachycera (Suborder) > Cyclorrhapha (Infraorder) > Schizophora (Series) > Muscoidea (Superfamily) > Glossinidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Flies, terrestrial (characteristics of order) (Parker). Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): T; stratigraphic range: Oligocene (Rupelian)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]