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Protochorista tetraclada

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Taxonomy
Protochorista tetraclada was named by Tillyard (1926). Its type specimen is YPM 5055, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Protochorista pentaclada Tillyard p. 140 fig. 6
1926Protochorista tetraclada Tillyard p. 141 fig. 5
1930Protochorista tetraclada Carpenter p. 93 figs. Pl 5, fig 1
1978Protochorista tetraclada Willmann p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familyPermochoristidae
subfamilyAgetopanorpinae()
genusProtochorista
speciestetraclada

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.

†Protochorista tetraclada Tillyard 1926
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Invalid names: Protochorista pentaclada Tillyard 1926 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available