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Zoropsocidae

Insecta - Zoropsocidae

Taxonomy
Zoropsocidae was named by Tillyard (1935). Its type is Zoropsocus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lophioneuridae by Carpenter (1992).

It was assigned to Copeognatha by Tillyard (1935); to Panthysanoptera by Nel et al. (2014); to Lophioneurida by Ulitzka (2021); and to Betathysanoptera by Engel et al. (2025).

Subtaxa
Mogsonus, Tschekardus, Zoropsocoides, Zoropsocus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Zoropsocidae Tillyard
2014Zoropsocidae Nel et al.
2021Zoropsocidae Ulitzka p. 71
2025Zoropsocidae Engel et al. p. 523

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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
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderHolothysanoptera
—Betathysanoptera
familyZoropsocidae
familyZoropsocidae

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.

Fm. †Zoropsocidae Tillyard 1935
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G. †Mogsonus Vishnyakova 1981
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†Mogsonus cerasius Vishnyakova 1981
G. †Tschekardus Vishnyakova 1981
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†Tschekardus hispidus Vishnyakova 1981
G. †Zoropsocoides Vishnyakova 1981
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†Zoropsocoides longipennis Vishnyakova 1981
G. †Zoropsocus Tillyard 1935
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†Zoropsocus acuminatus Vishnyakova 1981
†Zoropsocus affinis Vishnyakova 1981
†Zoropsocus anomalus Vishnyakova 1981
†Zoropsocus delicatulus Tillyard 1935
†Zoropsocus itschetuensis Vishnyakova 1981
†Zoropsocus karataviensis Vishnyakova 1981
†Zoropsocus karaungirensis Vishnyakova 1981
†Zoropsocus karpenkoae Becker-Migdisova 1961
†Zoropsocus latus Vishnyakova 1981
†Zoropsocus longipennis Becker-Migdisova 1961
†Zoropsocus magnus Vishnyakova 1981
†Zoropsocus parvulus Vishnyakova 1981
†Zoropsocus pilosus Vishnyakova 1981
†Zoropsocus sibiricus Becker-Migdisova 1961
†Zoropsocus stanleyi Davis 1942
†Zoropsocus tomiensis Becker-Migdisova 1961
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 Kungurian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 283.30000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation (Suksun) Tschekardus hispidus (108206)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Zoropsocus tomiensis (124603) Zoropsocus tomiensis, Zoropsocus karpenkoae, Zoropsocus longipennis, Zoropsocus sibiricus, Zoropsocus anomalus, Zoropsocoides longipennis (122566)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Australia (New South Wales) Zoropsocus delicatulus (122428 122429) Zoropsocus stanleyi (122433)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Kazakhstan (Zaisan) Zoropsocus acuminatus (105062) Zoropsocus karaungirensis, Zoropsocus magnus, Zoropsocus pilosus (107957)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Russian Federation (Buryat) Zoropsocus itschetuensis (105017)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Russian Federation (Buryat) Zoropsocus parvulus (104950)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Russian Federation (Chita) Mogsonus cerasius (114661)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Kazakhstan Zoropsocus karataviensis, Zoropsocus affinis (105971) Zoropsocus latus (106279)