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Micropterix gertraudae

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Micropterigidae

Taxonomy
Micropterix gertraudae was named by Kurz and Kurz (2010). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Kurz collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Micropterix gertraudae Kurz and Kurz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
superfamilyMicropterigoideaHerrich-Schaeffer 1855
familyMicropterigidaeCotes 1889
genusMicropterix
speciesgertraudae

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.

†Micropterix gertraudae Kurz and Kurz 2010
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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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Micropterix gertraudae (type locality: 124581)