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Mesopsychopsis hospes

Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylopsychopidae

Taxonomy
Ricania hospes was named by Germar (1839). It is an impression. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Pterinoblattina hospes by Scudder (1885), Scudder (1886), Oppenheim (1888); it was recombined as Mesopsychopsis hospes by Handlirsch (1906), Martynova (1949).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Ricania hospes Germar p. 220 figs. Pl 23, fig 18
1885Pterinoblattina hospes Scudder p. 108
1886Pterinoblattina hospes Scudder p. 472
1888Pterinoblattina hospes Oppenheim p. 221 figs. Pl 31, fig 29
1906Mesopsychopsis hospes Handlirsch p. 607 figs. Pl XLVIII fig 6
1949Mesopsychopsis hospes Martynova

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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
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
Metaxyneuroptera
Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
Euneuroptera
Neoneuroptera
Geoneuroptera
suborderMyrmeleontiformiaHenry 1982
superfamilyPsychopsoidea
familyOsmylopsychopidae()
genusMesopsychopsis
specieshospes()

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.

Mesopsychopsis hospes Germar 1839
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Ricania hospes (type locality: 123985)