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Brachypogon (Brachypogon) balticus

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) balticus was named by Szadziewski (1988). Its type specimen is MfN MBI 101, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Brachypogon balticus by Sontag and Szadziewski (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Brachypogon (Brachypogon) balticus Szadziewski p. 93 figs. 240-250
1997Brachypogon (Brachypogon) balticus Borkent and Wirth p. 92
2011Brachypogon balticus Sontag and Szadziewski p. 784
2013Brachypogon (Brachypogon) balticus Borkent p. 113
2018Brachypogon (Brachypogon) balticus Szadziewski p. 225
2020Brachypogon (Brachypogon) balticus Borkent and Dominiak p. 152

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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
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidae
subfamilyCeratopogoninae
tribeCeratopogonini
genusBrachypogonKieffer 1899
subgenusBrachypogonKieffer 1899
speciesbalticus

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Brachypogon balticus (type locality: 109625 120813 153481)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Brachypogon balticus (123762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Brachypogon balticus (123993)