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Eomacroceritis melanopoda

Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

Taxonomy
Macrocera melanopoda was named by Hong (1974). Its type specimen is LF10032, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (pre-1974 collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

It was recombined as Eomacroceritis melanopoda by Hong (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Macrocera melanopoda Hong p. 132 figs. Pl 1, fig 3; pl 5, figs 2,3; text-figs 21-27
1980Macrocera melanopoda Wang p. 145 figs. Pl 73, fig 2
1981Macrocera melanopoda Hong p. 90
2002Eomacroceritis melanopoda Hong p. 329
2006Macrocera melanopoda Evenhuis p. 42

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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
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyKeroplatidaeRondani 1856
subfamilyMacrocerinaeRondani 1856
genusEomacroceritis
speciesmelanopoda()

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 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07China (Liaoning) Macrocera melanopoda (type locality: 125469)