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Tuphephialtites zherikhini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae

Taxonomy
Tuphephialtites zherikhini was named by Zhang et al. (2002). Its type specimen is LBSH98019/NIGP134560, an exoskeleton (Antennae and legs incomplete, distal half of metasoma not preserved, otherwise nearly complete.), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Tuphephialtites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Tuphephialtites zherikhini Zhang et al. pp. 402, 404 figs. 1C, 3A, B

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyStephanoideaLeach 1815
familyEphialtitidae
subfamilyEphialtitinaeHandlirsch 1906
genusTuphephialtites
specieszherikhini

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.

Tuphephialtites zherikhini Zhang et al. 2002
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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: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Liaoning) Tuphephialtites zherikhini (type locality: 111725)