Pantophthalmidae
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Taxonomy
The Family Pantophthalmidae is a member of the Superfamily Tabanoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Pantophthalmidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Order: Diptera
(DIP-ter-uh)
Linnaeus, 1758 - True Flies, Mosquitoes, Gnats
- Superfamily: Tabanoidea
- Family: Pantophthalmidae
- Superfamily: Tabanoidea
- Order: Diptera
(DIP-ter-uh)
Linnaeus, 1758 - True Flies, Mosquitoes, Gnats
- Class: Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Pantophthalmidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (7): Acanthomera · Atopomyia · Lycops · Megalomyia · Panthophthalmus · Pantophthalmus · Rhaphiorhynchus
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 32 species and subspecies in the Family Pantophthalmidae.
Genera
Acanthomera
At least 11 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Acanthomera.
More info about the Genus Acanthomera may be found here.
Atopomyia
More info about the Genus Atopomyia may be found here.
Lycops
More info about the Genus Lycops may be found here.
Megalomyia
More info about the Genus Megalomyia may be found here.
Panthophthalmus
More info about the Genus Panthophthalmus may be found here.
Pantophthalmus
At least 14 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Pantophthalmus.
More info about the Genus Pantophthalmus may be found here.
Rhaphiorhynchus
At least 3 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Rhaphiorhynchus.
More info about the Genus Rhaphiorhynchus may be found here.
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