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Palaeopsychops douglasae

Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae

Taxonomy
Palaeopsychops douglasae was named by Archibald and Makarkin (2006). Its type specimen is UAFIC 7794, a hindwing (Hindwing with crack in middle), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Quilchena (SFU collection), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Coldwater Beds Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Palaeopsychops douglasae Archibald and Makarkin p. 144 figs. Fig 18

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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
speciesdouglasae

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.

Palaeopsychops douglasae Archibald and Makarkin 2006
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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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Palaeopsychops douglasae (type locality: 31677)