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Bassus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae

Taxonomy

Bassus was named by Fabricius (1804). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tryphoninae by Theobald (1937); and to Agathidinae by Belokobylskij (2014).

Species

B. filipalpis, B. juvenilis, B. magnareola, B. miocenicus, B. quadrangularis, B. velatus

Synonyms

Microdus was named by Nees (1812). It is extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Bassus by Simbolotti and van Achterberg (1992).

It was assigned to Agathidinae by Brues (1933).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1804	Bassus Fabricius p. 9
1812	Microdus Nees
1933	Microdus Brues p. 95
1937	Bassus Theobald p. 304
2014	Bassus Belokobylskij p. 360

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	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
—	Holometabola
—	Hymenopterida
order	Hymenoptera
—	Unicalcarida
suborder	Apocrita	Gerstaecker 1867
superfamily	Ichneumonoidea
family	Braconidae
subfamily	Agathidinae	()
genus	Bassus

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. Bassus Fabricius 1804

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†Bassus filipalpis Theobald 1937

†Bassus juvenilis Brues 1910

†Bassus magnareola Belokobylskij 2014

†Bassus miocenicus Cockerell 1927

†Bassus quadrangularis Brues 1933

†Bassus velatus Brues 1910

Invalid names: Microdus Nees 1812 [objective 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Chattian or 37.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Microdus quadrangularis (123927)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	United Kingdom (England)	B. magnareola (21976) B. quadrangularis (123960)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	Agathis juvenilis (123119) Agathis velatus (106384) Microdus miocenicus (124680)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)	B. filipalpis (122488)