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Borgia proavus

Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae

Taxonomy
Ascalaphus proavus was named by Hagen (1858). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Stöschen near Linz, which is in a Chattian lacustrine lignite in Austria.

It was recombined as Borgia proavus by Navás (1913), Nel (1991) and Engel and Grimaldi (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Ascalaphus proavus Hagen p. 125 figs. Pl 25
1913Borgia proavus Navás p. 132 fig. 10
1991Borgia proavus Nel p. 334
2007Borgia proavus Engel and Grimaldi p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
Metaxyneuroptera
Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
Euneuroptera
Neoneuroptera
Geoneuroptera
suborderMyrmeleontiformiaHenry 1982
superfamilyMyrmeleontoidea
familyMyrmeleontidae()
subfamilyAscalaphinaeLefebvre 1842
genusBorgia
speciesproavus()

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.

Borgia proavus Hagen 1858
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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: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria Ascalaphus proavus (type locality: 122879)