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Palaeopsychops latifasciatus

Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae

Taxonomy
Palaeopsychops latifasciatus was named by Andersen (2001). Its type specimen is GMUC 308, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Gullerup Strand, Mors (Rettig collection), which is in a Ypresian marine diatomite/volcaniclastic in the Fur Formation of Denmark. It is the type species of Palaeopsychops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Palaeopsychops latifasciatus Andersen p. 327 figs. Figs 3, 10
2006Palaeopsychops latifasciatus Archibald and Makarkin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
Metaxyneuroptera
Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
Euneuroptera
Neoneuroptera
Geoneuroptera
superfamilyIthonoideaNewman 1853
familyIthonidaeNewman 1853
genusPalaeopsychops
specieslatifasciatus

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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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Denmark Palaeopsychops latifasciatus (type locality: 113015 113025 113026 113027 113028 113029 113030 114154)