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Afrostenovicia reidae

Insecta - Hemiptera - Stenoviciidae

Taxonomy
Afrostenovicia reidae was named by van Dijk and Geertsema (1999). Its type specimen is NM 2556, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mount West, near Mooi River, which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in South Africa. It is the type species of Afrostenovicia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Afrostenovicia reidae van Dijk and Geertsema p. 147 figs. 35, 36

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
—HemelytrataFallen 1829
—ProsorrhynchaSorensen et al. 1995
infraorderScytinopteromorpha()
superfamilyScytinopteroideaHandlirsch 1906
familyStenoviciidae
genusAfrostenovicia
speciesreidae

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.

†Afrostenovicia reidae van Dijk and Geertsema 1999
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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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902South Africa (Natal) Afrostenovicia reidae (type locality: 124845)