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Scytinoptera

Insecta - Hemiptera - Scytinopteridae

Taxonomy

Scytinoptera was named by Handlirsch (1904).

It was assigned to Scytinopterinae by Tillyard (1919), Becker-Migdisova (1961); and to Scytinopteridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919), Martynov (1928), Martynov (1931), Zalessky (1932), Martynov (1935), Becker-Migdisova (1948), Evans (1956), Riek (1976), Shcherbakov (1984).

Synonyms

Permocixius was named by Martynov (1928).

It was synonymized subjectively with Scytinoptera by Shcherbakov (1984).

It was assigned to Cixiidae by Martynov (1928); and to Scytinopteridae by Evans (1956).
Scytinopterula was named by Handlirsch (1937).

It was synonymized subjectively with Scytinoptera by Becker-Migdisova (1948), Shcherbakov (1984).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Scytinoptera Handlirsch p. 3
1906	Scytinoptera Handlirsch p. 392
1919	Scytinoptera Handlirsch p. 587
1919	Scytinoptera Tillyard
1928	Scytinoptera Martynov p. 28
1928	Permocixius Martynov p. 35
1931	Scytinoptera Martynov p. 172
1932	Scytinoptera Zalessky p. 200
1935	Scytinoptera Martynov p. 21
1937	Scytinopterula Handlirsch p. 115
1948	Scytinoptera Becker-Migdisova p. 5
1956	Permocixius Evans p. 184
1956	Scytinoptera Evans p. 185
1961	Scytinoptera Becker-Migdisova p. 329
1976	Scytinoptera Riek p. 812
1984	Scytinoptera Shcherbakov p. 94

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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
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta

Rank	Name	Author
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Clareocercaria
—	Acercaria	()
superorder	Pancondylognatha
—	Condylognatha
order	Hemiptera
—	Hemelytrata	Fallen 1829
—	Prosorrhyncha	Sorensen et al. 1995
infraorder	Scytinopteromorpha	()
superfamily	Scytinopteroidea	Handlirsch 1906
family	Scytinopteridae
genus	Scytinoptera

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. †Scytinoptera Handlirsch 1904

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†Scytinoptera cubitalis Becker-Migdisova 1948

†Scytinoptera curta Zalessky 1929

†Scytinoptera distorta Riek 1976

†Scytinoptera kaltanica Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Scytinoptera kokeni Handlirsch 1904

†Scytinoptera kondomensis Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Scytinoptera maculata Martynov 1928

†Scytinoptera maculatoides Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Scytinoptera mexicana Carpenter and Miller 1937

†Scytinoptera minusculata Hakim and Fu 2024

†Scytinoptera nigrimaculata Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Scytinoptera obliquoovata Martynov 1928

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Invalid names: Scytinoptera similis Martynov 1928 [synonym]

†Scytinoptera picturata Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Scytinoptera reducta Martynov 1928

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Invalid names: Scytinoptera ivensis Martynov 1935 [synonym]

†Scytinoptera sibirica Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Scytinoptera signata Martynov 1931

†Scytinoptera surijokovica Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Scytinoptera tomiensis Becker-Migdisova 1961

†Scytinoptera tongchuanensis Zhang et al. 2021

Invalid names: Permocixius Martynov 1928 [synonym], Scytinopterula Handlirsch 1937 [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 Kungurian to the top of the Carnian or 283.30000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (22 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Kungurian	283.3 - 274.4	Russian Federation (Kemerovo)	S. sibirica (112708)
Roadian	274.4 - 266.9	Russian Federation (Arkangelsk)	Anomoscyta reducta (116535) S. ivensis (116874) S. kokeni (124101) S. kokeni, S. obliquoovata, S. reducta, S. cubitalis (116933) S. reducta (104716 116934) S. sp., Anomoscyta reducta, S. ivensis (104993) S. sp., S. reducta (111187)
Roadian	274.4 - 266.9	Russian Federation	S. curta (122871) S. kokeni (127928) S. kokeni, S. maculata, S. obliquoovata, S. similis, Permocixius kazanensis (116456) S. kokeni, S. reducta (96860)
Roadian	274.4 - 266.9	Russian Federation (Kemerovo)	S. maculatoides, S. picturata, S. sibirica, S. kaltanica (122568) S. maculatoides, S. picturata, S. sibirica, S. kaltanica, S. kondomensis (122569) S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2, S. nigrimaculata, S. sibirica, S. kondomensis (122567) S. tomiensis (124604)
Roadian	274.4 - 266.9	Russian Federation (Kazan)	S. signata (116803)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Russian Federation (Kemerovo)	S. surijokovica (122566)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Mexico (Coahuila)	S. mexicana (123967)
Longobardian	239.48 - 237.0	China (Shaanxi)	S. tongchuanensis, S. minusculata (183209)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	S. distorta (115196)