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Polystoechotites lewisi

Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae

Taxonomy
Polystoechotites lewisi was named by Archibald and Makarkin (2006). Its type specimen is SCSU-SR-0316, a hindwing (Apical half of well-preserved hindwing), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Republic, UWBM locality A0307, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Klondike Mountain Formation of Washington.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Polystoechotites lewisi Archibald and Makarkin p. 147 figs. Fig 22

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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
genusPolystoechotites
specieslewisi

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.

†Polystoechotites lewisi 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

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 - 47.8USA (Washington) Polystoechotites lewisi (type locality: 104761)