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Protochaeta masculina

Insecta - Orthoptera - Regiatidae

Taxonomy
Protochaeta masculina was named by Handlirsch (1939). Its type specimen is GPI EMAU 123/17, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany. It is the type species of Protochaeta.

Entered
by J. Karr (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2012-03-08; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Protochaeta masculina Handlirsch p. 55 figs. Pl 4 fig 67
1996Protochaeta masculina Ansorge p. 25 figs. 16; Pl 3 fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderCaelifera
infraorderTridactylidea
superfamilyDzhajloutshelloidea
familyRegiatidae
genusProtochaeta
speciesmasculina

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.

†Protochaeta masculina Handlirsch 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: grazersubo
Diet 2: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:51:38
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:51:38
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: Early/Lower Toarcian or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Protochaeta masculina (114993)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany Protochaeta masculina (type locality: 123987)