IRMNG - Megistocera Wiedemann, 1828

IRMNG name details

Megistocera Wiedemann, 1828

IRMNG_ID

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

Classification

Status

unaccepted > unjustified emendation

Accepted Name

Maekistocera Wiedemann, 1821

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tipulidae Leach, 1815

Synonymised names

Maegistocera Blanchard, 1845 · unaccepted

Moegistocera Macquart, 1834 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation

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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

Wiedemann, C.R. (1828). Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks. Erster Theil. Schulz, Hamm. xxxii+608 pp.,., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14504485
page(s): 55; note: first used by Wiedeman in Meigen, 1826, but traditionally cited from this publication [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Megistocera Wiedemann, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1296416 on 2025-03-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2024-12-12 00:31:36Z

changed

Girard, Jean-Sébastien

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Sources (7)

original description Wiedemann, C.R. (1828). Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks. Erster Theil. Schulz, Hamm. xxxii+608 pp.,., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14504485
page(s): 55; note: first used by Wiedeman in Meigen, 1826, but traditionally cited from this publication [details]

basis of record SN2000 unverified [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]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

source of synonymy Evenhuis, N. L.; Pont, A. C. (2013). Nomenclatural studies toward a world catalog of Diptera genus-group names. III. Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3638(1): 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3638.1.1 [details]

extant flag source SN2000 unverified [details]

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

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