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Prosphyracephala kerneggeri

Insecta - Diptera - Diopsidae

Taxonomy
Prosphyracephala kerneggeri was named by Kotrba (2009). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Munich SNSB collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Prosphyracephala kerneggeri Kotrba p. 190 figs. 2-7
2015Prosphyracephala kerneggeri Perkovsky et al. p. 248 figs. 1f,g, 2
2020Prosphyracephala kerneggeri 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
specieskerneggeri

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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Prosphyracephala kerneggeri (type locality: 123439 154709)