Ptychopteromorpha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Ptychopteromorpha
Superfamiliae: Ptychopteroidea – †Hennigmatoidea

Fossil familiae: †Gracilitipulidae – †Hennigmatidae – †Tanyderophrynidae
Name

Ptychopteromorpha Wood & Borkent, 1986
Vernacular names
日本語: コシボソガガンボ下目

Ptychoptera contaminata

Ptychopteromorpha is a taxonomic group within the suborder Nematocera consisting of two uncommon families. In older classifications, these families were included within the infraorder Tipulomorpha, based on superficial similarities (e.g., slender bodies and long legs). The inclusion of the families Tanyderidae and Ptychopteridae was based on the foldability of the last tarsomere in males. Molecular studies show no close relationship between the Tanyderidae and the Ptychopteridae, and support for this grouping is limited.[1][2]
References

Bertone, Matthew A.; Courtney, Gregory W.; Wiegmann, Brian M. (2008). "Phylogenetics and temporal diversification of the earliest true flies (Insecta: Diptera) based on multiple nuclear genes". Systematic Entomology. 33 (4): 668–687. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00437.x.

Podenas, Sigitas; Gelhaus, Jon; Podeniene, Virginija (2013). "An Overview of the Tipulomorpha and Ptychopteromorpha Crane Flies (Diptera) of Mongolia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 162: 111–123. doi:10.1635/053.162.0107.

External links

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