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Mesopleciella

Insecta - Diptera - Protopleciidae

Taxonomy

Mesopleciella was named by Rohdendorf (1946). Its type is Mesopleciella minor.

It was assigned to Protopleciidae by Rohdendorf (1946), Carpenter (1992), Blagoderov (1996), Fitzgerald (2004).

Species

M. incorporalis, M. lepida, M. longipennis, M. minor (type species), M. phryneoides

Synonyms

Archihesperinus was named by Rohdendorf (1962).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesopleciella by Blagoderov (1996).

It was assigned to Pleciofungivoridae by Rohdendorf (1962), Kovalev (1987), Carpenter (1992).
Palaeohesperinus was named by Rohdendorf (1962). Its type is Palaeohesperinus longipennis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesopleciella by Blagoderov (1996).

It was assigned to Pleciofungivoridae by Rohdendorf (1962), Lin (1986), Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1946	Mesopleciella Rohdendorf p. 43
1962	Archihesperinus Rohdendorf p. 321
1962	Palaeohesperinus Rohdendorf p. 323
1986	Palaeohesperinus Lin p. 87
1987	Archihesperinus Kovalev
1992	Archihesperinus Carpenter
1992	Mesopleciella Carpenter
1992	Palaeohesperinus Carpenter
1996	Mesopleciella Blagoderov p. 210
2004	Mesopleciella Fitzgerald p. 312

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Diptera
superfamily	Mycetophiloidea
family	Protopleciidae
genus	Mesopleciella

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. †Mesopleciella Rohdendorf 1946

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†Mesopleciella incorporalis Kovalev 1985

†Mesopleciella lepida Kovalev 1990

†Mesopleciella longipennis Rohdendorf 1962

†Mesopleciella minor Rohdendorf 1946

†Mesopleciella phryneoides Rohdendorf 1962

Invalid names: Archihesperinus Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Palaeohesperinus Rohdendorf 1962 [synonym], Rohdendorfomiella Kovalev 1985 [synonym]

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Tithonian or 201.40000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian	201.4 - 192.9	Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy)	Archihesperinus phryneoides (105087) Palaeohesperinus longipennis (105086)
Callovian - Oxfordian	165.3 - 154.8	Kazakhstan (Chimkent)	M. minor (115717)
Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	Mongolia	M. sp. (104748)
Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	Russian Federation (Chita)	Bryanka lepida (119397)