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Dilemmala specula

Insecta - Diptera - Vladipteridae

Taxonomy
Dilemmala specula was named by Shcherbakov (1995). Its type specimen is PIN 3288/288, a wing (missing most of anal area and part of discal one), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Madygen, PIN collection 3288, Madygen (SW area), which is in a Ladinian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan. It is the type species of Dilemmala.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Dilemmala specula Shcherbakov p. 86 fig. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
familyVladipteridae
subfamilyVladipterinae
genusDilemmala
speciesspecula

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.

Dilemmala specula Shcherbakov 1995
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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: Ladinian or 242.00000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Dilemmala specula (type locality: 110766)