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Ptychoptera deleta

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Taxonomy
Ptychoptera deleta was named by Novák (1878). Its type specimen is NM-P947, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mokřina (Krottensee), which is in a MN 4 lacustrine - small marl in the Cypris Formation of Czechia.

It was recombined as Ptychopterula deleta by Handlirsch (1909).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Ptychoptera deleta Novák p. 88 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
1909Ptychopterula deleta Handlirsch p. 269 figs. Pl 11, fig 6
1994Ptychoptera deleta Evenhuis
2011Ptychoptera deleta Krzemiński and Prokop p. 302 figs. 2A-C

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderPtychopteromorpha
familyPtychopteridaeOsten-Sacken 1862
subfamilyPtychopterinaeSchiner 1864
genusPtychoptera
speciesdeleta

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.

†Ptychoptera deleta Novák 1878
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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: MN 4 or 16.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 416.9 - 15.98Czechia Ptychoptera deleta (type locality: 117612)