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Lype sericea

Insecta - Trichoptera - Psychomyiidae

Taxonomy

Psychomyia sericea was named by Pictet and Hagen (1856). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Lype sericea by Ulmer (1912), Wichard (1986).

Synonyms

Psychomyia pallida was named by Pictet and Hagen (1856). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was synonymized subjectively with Psychomyia sericea by Pictet and Hagen (1856); it was considered a nomen nudum by Pictet (1854); it was synonymized subjectively with Lype sericea by Ulmer (1912).
Psychomyia lata was named by Hagen (1856). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lype sericea by Ulmer (1912).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1856	Psychomyia lata Hagen p. 119
1856	Psychomyia pallida Pictet and Hagen p. 118 figs. Pl 7, fig 19
1856	Psychomyia sericea Pictet and Hagen p. 118 figs. Pl 7, fig 19; pl 8, fig 28
1907	Psychomyia pallida Handlirsch p. 914
1912	Lype sericea Ulmer p. 200 figs. 297-306
1986	Lype sericea Wichard p. 35 fig. 3

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Amphiesmenoptera	Kiriakoff 1948
—	Metamphiesmenoptera
—	Euamphiesmenoptera
—	Panendymenoptera
—	Endymenoptera
—	Stelloptera
order	Trichoptera	Kirby 1815
—	Eutrichoptera
suborder	Annulipalpia
superfamily	Psychomyioidea	Curtis 1835
family	Psychomyiidae	(Curtis 1835)
genus	Lype
species	sericea	()

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.

†Lype sericea Pictet and Hagen 1856

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Invalid names: Psychomyia lata Hagen 1856 [synonym], Psychomyia pallida Pictet and Hagen 1856 [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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Ukraine	Lype sericea (113621 122997)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Poland	Lype sericea (120811) Psychomyia sericea, Psychomyia pallida, Psychomyia lata (type locality: 109625)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Lype sericea (110735 123221 123458 123757 123766 123870 123927 124073 124105 124188 124189 124193)