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Plesiorobius canadensis

Insecta - Neuroptera - Hemerobiidae

Taxonomy
Plesiorobius canadensis was named by Klimaszewski and Kevan (1986). Its type specimen is CNC 18446, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC July 1971 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Plesiorobius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Plesiorobius canadensis Klimaszewski and Kevan
1994Plesiorobius canadensis Makarkin p. 289

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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
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
—Euneuroptera
—Neoneuroptera
superfamilyHemerobioidea
familyHemerobiidae()
genusPlesiorobius
speciescanadensis

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.

†Plesiorobius canadensis Klimaszewski and Kevan 1986
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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: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation Plesiorobius canadensis (35056)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Plesiorobius canadensis (type locality: 104932)