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Leptidae
Meigen, 1820
(fly)
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Entity:
Tabanoidea (Superfamily)
..Athericidae (Family)
..Austroleptidae (Family)
..[Cyrtidae] (Family)
..Oreoleptidae (Family)
..[Pantophthalmidae] (Family)
..[Pelecorhynchidae] (Family)
..Rhagionidae (Family)
..Spaniidae (Family)
..Tabanidae (Family) - horse flies, deerflies, and clegs
..[Leptidae] (Family)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
J.W. Meigen, 1820, orth. corr.
Original name & rank
:
Meigen, J.W. 1820.
Syst. Beschr. Eur. Zweifl. Ins.
2
: VIII, 86. ("Leptides").
≡
Subsequent spelling
:
Burmeister, H. 1837.
Handb. Naturgesch.
(2): 615.
≡
Attributes
Justified emendation of suffix (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 29.2, 34.1 (family)]
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present.
Syst. Nat. 2000
: 6 Oct 2023.
Homonyms
Junior homonym
:
Leptidae
(Family)
Billberg, 1820
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present
: 18 Jul 2016.
Junior homonym (unavailable)
:
Leptidae
(Genus)
nom. null.
Junior homonym
:
Leptinae
(Subfamily)
Billberg, 1820
Ref:
Sabrosky, C.W. 1999.
In
F.C. Thompson (ed.), 1999.
Myia
10
: 173. [?].
[implicit]
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Rhagionidae
(Family)
Latreille, 1802
Ref:
D.J. Bickel, 1982
: 574.
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