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Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus was named by Szadziewski and Grogan (1998). Its type specimen is FSCA 1794a, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Florida State Collection of Arthropods), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus Szadziewski and Grogan p. 42 figs. 17-20
2013Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus Borkent p. 113
2020Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus Borkent and Dominiak p. 152

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidae
subfamilyCeratopogoninae
tribeCeratopogonini
genusBrachypogonKieffer 1899
subgenusBrachypogonKieffer 1899
speciesamericanus

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.

†Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Brachypogon americanus (type locality: 123857)