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Prosphyracephala succini

Insecta - Diptera - Diopsidae

Taxonomy
Sphyracephala succini was named by Loew (1873). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber (BMNH coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Prosphyracephala succini by Hennig (1965), Schumann (1994), Kotrba (2009), Perkovsky et al. (2015), Lonsdale (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Sphyracephala succini Loew p. 104
1902Sphyracephala breviata Meunier p. 404
1965Prosphyracephala succini Hennig p. 63 figs. 43, 49B, 51, 55
1994Prosphyracephala succini Schumann p. 141 figs. 1-3
2009Prosphyracephala succini Kotrba p. 189
2015Prosphyracephala succini Perkovsky et al. p. 248 figs. 1d-e, h
2020Prosphyracephala succini Lonsdale

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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
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
Schizophora
AcalyptrataeMacquart 1835
superfamilyDiopsoidea
familyDiopsidae()
subfamilyDiopsinae
genusProsphyracephala
speciessuccini()

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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Invalid names: Sphyracephala breviata Meunier 1902 [synonym]
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: base of the Priabonian to the top of the MP 23 or 38.00000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Prosphyracephala succini (122997)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Prosphyracephala succini (110735 123757 123763 123770 123773 123907 123908 123909 123912 154709) Prosphyracephala succini, Sphyracephala breviata (123927) Sphyracephala succini (123766)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Prosphyracephala succini (123910 129227 129228)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Prosphyracephala succini (123419 123911)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Prosphyracephala succini (123215)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Diopsidae indet. (123913)