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Eocercopis

Insecta - Hemiptera - Progonocimicidae

Taxonomy

Eocercopis was named by Handlirsch (1939).

It was assigned to Cicadocorinae by Popov and Shcherbakov (1991); to Heteroptera by Hamilton (1992); and to Progonocimicidae by Popov and Wootton (1977), Dong et al. (2014).

Species

E. ancyloptera, E. ovalis, E. similis

Synonyms

Cercopinus was named by Handlirsch (1939).

It was synonymized subjectively with Eocercopis by Popov and Shcherbakov (1991).

It was assigned to Heteroptera by Hamilton (1992).
Cercoprisca was named by Handlirsch (1939).

It was synonymized subjectively with Eocercopis by Popov and Shcherbakov (1991).

It was assigned to Heteroptera by Hamilton (1992).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1939	Eocercopis Handlirsch p. 142
1939	Cercopinus Handlirsch p. 143
1939	Cercoprisca Handlirsch p. 143
1977	Eocercopis Popov and Wootton p. 337
1991	Eocercopis Popov and Shcherbakov p. 219
1992	Cercopinus Hamilton p. 430
1992	Cercoprisca Hamilton p. 430
1992	Eocercopis Hamilton p. 430
2014	Eocercopis Dong et al. p. 774

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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

Rank	Name	Author
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Clareocercaria
—	Acercaria	()
superorder	Pancondylognatha
—	Condylognatha
order	Hemiptera
suborder	Coleorrhyncha	Myers and China 1929
superfamily	Progonocimicoidea	Handlirsch 1906
family	Progonocimicidae
genus	Eocercopis

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. †Eocercopis Handlirsch 1939

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†Eocercopis ancyloptera Handlirsch 1939

†Eocercopis ovalis Handlirsch 1939

†Eocercopis similis Handlirsch 1939

Invalid names: Cercopinus Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Cercoprisca Handlirsch 1939 [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: Early/Lower Toarcian or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian	184.2 - 182.9	Germany	Cercopinus ovalis (122986) E. ancyloptera, Cercoprisca similis (123987)