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Litus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Mymaridae

Taxonomy
Litus was named by Haliday (1833). 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
1833Litus Haliday p. 269
1909Litus Meunier p. 147
1973Litus Doutt p. 223
1992Litus Carpenter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
genusLitus

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. Litus Haliday 1833
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Litus beneficus Meunier 1909
Litus elegans Meunier 1901
Litus mexicanus Doutt 1973
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: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) L. elegans (123927)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) L. mexicanus (124472)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar L. beneficus (151372)