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Leia gracillima

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Taxonomy
Glaphyroptera gracillima was named by Förster (1891). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Brunstatt, horizon d4, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine - large marl in France.

It was recombined as Leia gracillima by Johannsen (1909), Theobald (1937) and Oliveira and Amorim (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Glaphyroptera gracillima Förster p. 460 figs. Pl 14, fig 5
1909Leia gracillima Johannsen p. 78
1937Leia gracillima Theobald p. 221 figs. Pl XVI fig 2
2021Leia gracillima Oliveira and Amorim p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
subfamilyLeiinae(Edwards 1925)
tribeLeiiniEdwards 1925
genusLeia
speciesgracillima()

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.

†Leia gracillima Förster 1891
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Glaphyroptera gracillima (type locality: 121476)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Leia gracillima (122407)