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Ctenophthalmidae

Insecta - Siphonaptera - Ctenophthalmidae

Taxonomy
Ctenophthalmidae was named by Rothschild (1915). It is extant.

It was assigned to Siphonaptera by Pielowska et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild
2018Ctenophthalmidae Pielowska et al. p. 239

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderSiphonapteraLatreille 1825
familyCtenophthalmidaeRothschild 1915
familyCtenophthalmidaeRothschild 1915

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. Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild 1915
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Subfm. Ctenophthalminae Rothschild 1915
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G. Palaeopsylla Wagner 1903
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Subg. Palaeopsylla (Peusianapsylla) Beaucournu and Wunderlich 2001
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†Palaeopsylla (Peusianapsylla) baltica Beaucournu and Wunderlich 2001
†Palaeopsylla groehni Beaucournu 2003
†Palaeopsylla klebsiana Dampf 1911
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Palaeopsylla dissimilis (168811)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Palaeopsylla baltica (124318) Palaeopsylla groehni (110735) Palaeopsylla klebsiana (123771 124073)