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Ptyelus spumiferus

Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae

Taxonomy
Aphrophora spumifera was named by Heer (1853). It is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Ptyelus spumiferus by Theobald (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Aphrophora spumifera Heer p. 104 figs. Pl 12, fig 6
1856Aphrophora spumifera Heer p. 39
1937Ptyelus spumiferus Theobald p. 419 figs. Pl XXVIII fig 23

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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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderAuchenorrhyncha()
infraorderCicadomorphaEvans 1946
superfamilyCercopoideaLeach 1815
familyAphrophoridae()
subfamilyAphrophorinae
tribePtyelini()
genusPtyelus
speciesspumiferus()

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.

†Ptyelus spumiferus Heer 1853
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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: base of the MP 23 to the top of the Sarmatian or 33.90000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France Ptyelus spumiferus (122535)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Aphrophora spumifera (122877)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Aphrophora spumifera (117761)