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Apithanus

Insecta - Protorthoptera - Apithanidae

Taxonomy
Apithanus was named by Handlirsch (1911). Its type is Apithanus jocularis. It is the type genus of Apithanidae.

It was assigned to Apithanidae by Handlirsch (1911), Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922) and Carpenter (1992).

Species
A. jocularis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Apithanus Handlirsch
1919Apithanus Handlirsch p. 541
1922Apithanus Handlirsch p. 77
1992Apithanus Carpenter p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderProtorthoptera
familyApithanidae
genusApithanus

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. †Apithanus Handlirsch 1911
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†Apithanus jocularis Handlirsch 1911
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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) A. jocularis (112630)