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Prorhaphidophora antiqua

Insecta - Orthoptera - Raphidophoridae

Taxonomy
Prorhaphidophora antiqua was named by Chopard (1936). Its type specimen is BMNH In.18844, an exoskeleton, and 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 is the type species of Prorhaphidophora.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Prorhaphidophora antiqua Chopard p. 166 figs. 4-11; pl 6, fig 1
1939Prorhaphidophora antiqua Zeuner p. 131 figs. Pl 25, figs 5-9; 52, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderTettigoniidea
superfamilyRhaphidophoroideaKirby 1906
familyRaphidophoridae(Kirby 1906)
subfamilyProtroglophilinae
genusProrhaphidophora
speciesantiqua

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.

Prorhaphidophora antiqua Chopard 1936
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: chitinsubo
Ontogeny: moltingsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:58:43
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:58:43
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Prorhaphidiophora antiqua (type locality: 123766)