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Cenocimbex menatensis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Cimbicidae

Taxonomy
Cenocimbex menatensis was named by Nel (2004). Its type specimen is MNHN-LP-R 11195, an exoskeleton (incomplete specimen with antennae missing & right wing), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Menat (MNHN collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France. It is the type species of Cenocimbex.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Cenocimbex menatensis Nel pp. 261-262 figs. figs 12-14
2010Cenocimbex menatensis Taeger et al. p. 187
2023Cenocimbex menatensis Archibald and Rasnitsyn p. 5 figs. 2, 3E,F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
superfamilyTenthredinoidea
familyCimbicidae
subfamilyCenocimbicinae
genusCenocimbex
speciesmenatensis

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.

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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: Selandian or 61.60000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) Cenocimbex menatensis (type locality: 123436)