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Sinaspinus stenopteres

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Aspinus stenopteres was named by Hong (1981). Its type specimen is GMB IV10010, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

It was recombined as Sinaspinus stenopteres by Hong (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Aspinus stenopteres Hong p. 54 figs. Pl 8, fig 19; text-figs 62,63.1-4
2002Sinaspinus stenopteres Hong p. 217

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyChironominaeMacquart 1838
tribeHamicaudini
genusSinaspinus
speciesstenopteres()

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.

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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8China (Liaoning) Aspinus stenopteres (type locality: 124530)