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Mecopterida

Insecta

Taxonomy
Mecopterida is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Panorpida by Beckemeyer and Hall (2007).

It was assigned to Endoneoptera by Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (2004); to Aparaglossata by Peters et al. (2014) and Misof et al. (2014); and to Antliophora by Engel (2022).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Mecopterida Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence
2014Mecopterida Misof et al.
2014Mecopterida Peters et al.
2022Mecopterida Engel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
Mecopterida
Mecopterida

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. †Curvilarva Novokshonov 2004
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Curvilarva tshekardensis Novokshonov 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation (Suksun) Curvilarva tshekardensis (122753)