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Micropterix

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Micropterigidae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Micropterix Hübner p. 426
1919Micropteryx Cockerell
1980Micropterix Jarzembowski p. 263
1992Micropterix Carpenter
2012Micropterix Sohn et al. p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
superfamilyMicropterigoideaHerrich-Schaeffer 1855
familyMicropterigidaeCotes 1889
genusMicropterix

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.

G. Micropterix Hübner 1825
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Micropterix anglica Jarzembowski 1980
Micropterix gertraudae Kurz and Kurz 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) M. anglica (21976)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) M. gertraudae (124581) Micropteryx proavittella (123926)