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Microvelia polhemi

Insecta - Hemiptera - Veliidae

Taxonomy
Microvelia polhemi was named by Andersen (2000). Its type specimen is AMNH DR-10-324, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Microvelia polhemi Andersen p. 136
2001Microvelia polhemi Andersen p. 424 fig. 16,17

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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
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderGerromorphaPopov 1971
familyVeliidae()
subfamilyMicroveliinae
genusMicroveliaWestwood 1834
speciespolhemi

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.

†Microvelia polhemi Andersen 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available