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Cretamyzus pikei

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cretamyzidae

Taxonomy
Cretamyzus pikei was named by Heie (1992). Its type specimen is RTMP 91.148.1, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP 91.148 accession), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Cretamyzus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Cretamyzus pikei Heie p. 1030 figs. 1, 7a-c
2011Cretamyzus pikei Heie and Wegierek p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderSternorrhyncha()
—AphidiformesSchlee 1969
infraorderAphidomorpha
superfamilyAphidoidea
familyCretamyzidae
genusCretamyzus
speciespikei

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.

†Cretamyzus pikei Heie 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available