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Calgariaphis unguifera

Insecta - Hemiptera - Mesozoicaphididae

Taxonomy
Calgariaphis unguifera was named by Heie (1992). Its type specimen is RTMP 91.148.10, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP 91.148 accession), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Calgariaphis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Calgariaphis unguifera Heie p. 1040 fig. 6d
2011Calgariaphis unguifera Heie and Wegierek p. 27

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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
suborderSternorrhyncha()
AphidiformesSchlee 1969
infraorderAphidomorpha
superfamilyAdelgoidea
familyMesozoicaphididae
genusCalgariaphis
speciesunguifera

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.

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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: Middle Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Calgariaphis unguifera (type locality: 122387)