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Lithoserix antiquus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

Taxonomy
Pimpla antiqua was named by Saussure (1852). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.B24391, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (MNHN Paris Coll), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

It was recombined as Lithoserix antiquus by Spasojevic et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Pimpla antiqua Saussure p. 580 figs. Pl 23, fig 5
1914Ichneumon sublongaevus Meunier pp. 193-194 figs. Pl VII fig 2
1937Pimpla antiquus Theobald p. 299 figs. Pl XXVI fig 7
2022Lithoserix antiquus Spasojevic et al. p. 200 fig. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyIchneumonoidea
familyIchneumonidae()
PimpliformesWahl 1990
subfamilyPimplinaeWesmael 1845
genusLithoserix
speciesantiquus()

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.

Lithoserix antiquus Saussure 1852
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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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: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Pimpla antiqua (type locality: 122501)