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Nepticulidae

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nepticulidae

Taxonomy
Nepticulidae was named by Stainton (1859). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nepticuloidea by van Nieukerken et al. (2011), Sohn et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Nepticulidae Stainton
2011Nepticulidae van Nieukerken et al. p. 213
2012Nepticulidae Sohn et al. p. 21

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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
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
—Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
—CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
superfamilyNepticuloideaStainton 1859
familyNepticulidaeStainton 1859
familyNepticulidaeStainton 1859

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. Nepticulidae Stainton 1859
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G. Bohemannia Stainton 1859
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†Bohemannia aschaueri Fischer 2013
†Bohemannia butzmanni Fischer 2013
G. Stigmella Schrank 1802
G. †Stigmellites Kernbach 1967
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†Stigmellites araliae Fritsch 1882
†Stigmellites baltica Kozlov 1988
†Stigmellites fossilis von Heyden 1862
†Stigmellites heringi Kernbach 1967
†Stigmellites pliotityrellus Kernbach 1967
†Stigmellites samsonovi Kozlov 1988
†Stigmellites serpentina Kozlov 1988
†Stigmellites sharovi Kozlov 1988
†Stigmellites tyshchenkoi Kozlov 1988
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Piacenzian or 100.50000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Czechia Tinea araliae (123775 123776)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Kazakhstan Stigmellites kzyldzharica, Stigmellites serpentina, Stigmellites samsonovi, Stigmellites sharovi, Stigmellites tyshchenkoi (103274)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Bohemannia butzmanni, Bohemannia aschaueri (140452) Nepticulidae indet., Nepticulidae indet. (167686) Stigmellites balticus (123978)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Lepidoptera sp.A (123959) Lepidoptera sp.C (123960)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany Nepticula fossilis (152936)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Stigmellites heringi, Stigmellites pliotityrellus (109196)