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Ectopsocus

Insecta - Psocodea - Ectopsocidae

Taxonomy
Ectopsocus was named by McLachlan (1899). It is extant. It is the type genus of Ectopsocini.

It was assigned to Ectopsocidae by Mockford (1969) and Lienhard and Smithers (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Ectopsocus McLachlan
1969Ectopsocus Mockford p. 1273
2002Ectopsocus Lienhard and Smithers

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
orderPsocodea
suborderPsocomorphaRoesler 1944
infraorderHomilopsocidea
familyEctopsocidae()
genusEctopsocusMcLachlan 1899

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.

G. Ectopsocus McLachlan 1899
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) E. sp. (124473)