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Mansonia

Insecta - Diptera - Culicidae

Taxonomy
Mansonia was named by Blanchard (1901). It is extant. It is the type genus of Mansoniini.

It was assigned to Culicidae by Aldrich (1905) and Carpenter (1992); and to Mansoniini by Harbach (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Mansonia Blanchard p. 1046
1905Mansonia Aldrich p. 134
1992Mansonia Carpenter
2007Mansonia Harbach

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyCulicidae
subfamilyCulicinae()
tribeMansoniini
genusMansonia

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. Mansonia Blanchard 1901
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Mansonia martinii Statz 1944
Mansonia varivestita Statz 1944
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: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) M. martinii, M. varivestita (122010)