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Alaptus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Mymaridae

Taxonomy
Alaptus was named by Westwood (1839). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mymarinae by Meunier (1909); to Alaptinae by Doutt (1973); and to Mymaridae by Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Alaptus Westwood p. 79
1909Alaptus Meunier p. 148
1973Alaptus Doutt p. 222
1992Alaptus Carpenter

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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
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
infraorderProctotrupomorpha
—Microprocta
superfamilyChalcidoidea
familyMymaridae()
subfamilyAlaptinaePerkins 1912
genusAlaptusWestwood 1839

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. Alaptus Westwood 1839
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†Alaptus fructuosus Meunier 1909
Alaptus globosicornis Girault 1908
Alaptus pallidicornis Foerster 1856
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Invalid names: Alaptus psocidivorus Gahan 1927 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) A. globosicornis (140217) A. psocidivorus (124470 124810) A. sp. (124472) A. sp., A. globosicornis (146658) A. sp., A. psocidivorus (140216)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania A. fructuosus (152189)