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Kukaspis usingeri

Insecta - Hemiptera - Kukaspididae

Taxonomy
Kukaspis usingeri was named by Koteja and Poinar (2001). Its type specimen is OSU HO-4-30, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Kuk inlet at Pugnik Beach, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Alaska. It is the type species of Kukaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Kukaspis usingeri Koteja and Poinar p. 358 figs. 1-9

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderSternorrhyncha()
superfamilyCoccoideaFallen 1814
familyKukaspididae
genusKukaspis
speciesusingeri

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.

†Kukaspis usingeri Koteja and Poinar 2001
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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: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Alaska) Kukaspis usingeri (type locality: 123051)