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Cratopteryx robertosantosi

Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae

Taxonomy
Cratopteryx robertosantosi was named by Martins-Neto and Vulcano (1989). Its type specimen is CV-1538, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (Vulcano collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Cratopteryx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Cratopteryx robertosantosi Martins-Neto and Vulcano p. 381 figs. 7, 21
1991Cratopteryx robertosantosi Nel p. 335
1997Cratopteryx robertosantosi Martins-Neto p. 75
2000Cratopteryx robertosantosi Martins-Neto p. 116 fig. 5D,E,I
2002Cratopteryx robertosantosi Martins-Neto p. 37
2026Cratopteryx robertosantosi Bueno et al. p. 7 fig. 4

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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
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
—Euneuroptera
—Neoneuroptera
—Geoneuroptera
suborderMyrmeleontiformiaHenry 1982
superfamilyMyrmeleontoidea
familyMyrmeleontidae()
subfamilyAraripeneurinae
genusCratopteryx
speciesrobertosantosi

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.

†Cratopteryx robertosantosi Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available