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Pseudopolycentropodidae

Insecta - Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae

Taxonomy

Pseudopolycentropodidae was named by Handlirsch (1920). Its type is Pseudopolycentropus.

It was assigned to Paratrichoptera by Martynov (1927), Bode (1953); to Eumecoptera by Whalley (1985); to Antliophora by Ansorge (1996); to Aneuretopsychina by Ren et al. (2009); to Mecoptera by Willmann (1978), Carpenter (1992), Ren et al. (2010); and to Mesopsychoidea by Zhao et al. (2020).

Subtaxa

Dualula, Parapolycentropus, Pseudopolycentropodes, Pseudopolycentropus (type genus), Sinopolycentropus

Synonyms

Dualulidae was named by Lin et al. (2019).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudopolycentropodidae by Zhao et al. (2020).

It was assigned to Aneuretopsychina by Lin et al. (2019).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1920	Pseudopolycentropodidae Handlirsch p. 198
1927	Pseudopolycentropodidae Martynov p. 662
1953	Pseudopolycentropodidae Bode
1978	Pseudopolycentropidae Willmann p. 89
1985	Pseudopolycentropodidae Whalley
1992	Pseudopolycentropodidae Carpenter
1996	Pseudopolycentropidae Ansorge p. 77
2009	Pseudopolycentropodidae Ren et al.
2010	Pseudopolycentropodidae Ren et al.
2019	Dualulidae Lin et al. p. 2
2020	Pseudopolycentropodidae Zhao et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Mecoptera	Packard 1886
superfamily	Mesopsychoidea
family	Pseudopolycentropodidae
family	Pseudopolycentropodidae

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.

Fm. †Pseudopolycentropodidae Handlirsch 1920

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G. †Dualula Lin et al. 2019

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†Dualula kachinensis Lin et al. 2019

G. †Parapolycentropus Grimaldi and Rasnitsyn 2005

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†Parapolycentropus burmiticus Grimaldi and Rasnitsyn 2005

†Parapolycentropus paraburmiticus Grimaldi and Rasnitsyn 2005

G. †Pseudopolycentropodes Grimaldi and Fraser 2005

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†Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus Grimaldi and Fraser 2005

G. †Pseudopolycentropus Handlirsch 1906

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†Pseudopolycentropus daohugouensis Zhang 2005

†Pseudopolycentropus janeannae Ren et al. 2010

†Pseudopolycentropus latipennis Martynov 1927

†Pseudopolycentropus madygenicus Novokshonov 1997

†Pseudopolycentropus novokshonovi Ren et al. 2010

†Pseudopolycentropus obtusus Bode 1953

†Pseudopolycentropus perlaeformis Geinitz 1884

†Pseudopolycentropus triangularis Handlirsch 1920

Invalid names: Pseudopolycentropus prolatipennis Whalley 1985 [synonym]

†Pseudopolycentropus triasicus Papier et al. 1996

G. †Sinopolycentropus Shih et al. 2011

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†Sinopolycentropus rasnitsyni Shih et al. 2011

Invalid names: Dualulidae Lin et al. 2019 [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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 246.70000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (23 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Aegean	246.7 - 244.99	France	Pseudopolycentropus triasicus (106916 107682)
Bithynian	244.99 - 244.24	Germany (Bavaria)	Pseudopolycentropus triasicus (115969)
Ladinian	241.464 - 237.0	Kyrgyzstan (Osh)	Pseudopolycentropus madygenicus (110765)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	USA (North Carolina)	Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus (55493 106479)
Sevatian	211.18 - 205.7	Germany	Pseudopolycentropus sp. (123417)
Obtusum	199.5 - 192.9	United Kingdom (England)	Pseudopolycentropus prolatipennis (114640)
Early/Lower Toarcian	184.2 - 182.9	Germany	Pseudopolycentropus triangularis, Phryganidium perlaeforme (123987)
Early/Lower Toarcian	184.2 - 182.9	Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)	Pseudopolycentropus sp., Pseudopolycentropus triangularis (114993)
Early/Lower Toarcian	184.2 - 182.9	Germany (Niedersachsen)	Pseudopolycentropus obtusus (107321)
Falciferum	184.2 - 182.9	United Kingdom (England)	Pseudopolycentropus sp. (234543)
Callovian - Oxfordian	165.3 - 154.8	China (Nei Mongol)	Pseudopolycentropus daohugouensis (113371) Pseudopolycentropus janeannae (183155 184690) Pseudopolycentropus janeannae, Pseudopolycentropus novokshonovi (113376) Sinopolycentropus rasnitsyni (113366)
Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Kazakhstan	Pseudopolycentropus latipennis (105971 115799)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Myanmar (Kachin)	Parapolycentropus sp., Parapolycentropus burmiticus, Parapolycentropus paraburmiticus (123113)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Myanmar	Parapolycentropus burmiticus, Parapolycentropus paraburmiticus (111688) Parapolycentropus paraburmiticus, Dualula kachinensis (190961) Parapolycentropus sp., Parapolycentropus burmiticus, Parapolycentropus paraburmiticus, Dualula kachinensis (165561)