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Oligophryne britannica

Insecta - Diptera - Oligophrynidae

Taxonomy
Oligophryne britannica was named by Ansorge and Krzemiński (1994). Its type specimen is Coll Ansorge fly no 1, an exoskeleton (complete fly), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Stonebarrow Hill, which is in a Sinemurian marine mudstone/siderite in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Oligophryne britannica Ansorge and Krzemiński p. 117 figs. 4-6
1998Oligophryne britannica Nagatomi and Yang p. 161 figs. 164, 165

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
familyOligophrynidae()
genusOligophryne
speciesbritannica

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.

†Oligophryne britannica Ansorge and Krzemiński 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available