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Paraknightiidae

Insecta - Hemiptera - Paraknightiidae

Taxonomy
Paraknightiidae was named by Evans (1950). Its type is Paraknightia.

It was assigned to Heteroptera by Evans (1950); and to Scytinopteroidea by Shcherbakov (1984), Szwedo (2018), Shcherbakov (2021).

Subtaxa
Paraknightia (type genus), Triknightia, Tychticola

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Paraknightiidae Evans p. 250
1984Paraknightiidae Shcherbakov p. 96
2018Paraknightiidae Szwedo p. 111
2021Paraknightiidae Shcherbakov p. 132

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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
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
—HemelytrataFallen 1829
—ProsorrhynchaSorensen et al. 1995
infraorderScytinopteromorpha()
superfamilyScytinopteroideaHandlirsch 1906
familyParaknightiidae
familyParaknightiidae

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.

Fm. †Paraknightiidae Evans 1950
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G. †Paraknightia Evans 1943
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†Paraknightia magnifica Evans 1943
G. †Triknightia Shcherbakov 2021
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†Triknightia mira Shcherbakov 2021
G. †Tychticola Becker-Migdisova 1952
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†Tychticola longipenna Becker-Migdisova 1952
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 Wuchiapingian to the top of the Ladinian or 259.51000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation Tychticola longipenna (122565)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Australia (New South Wales) Paraknightia magnifica (122436)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Triknightia mira (106090 110767)