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Chironomaptera gregaria

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Taxonomy
Samarura gregaria was named by Grabau (1923). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Locality 218, 1 li north of Po-Tzu, Laiyang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.

It was recombined as Mesotendipes gregaria by Hong (1982), Hong (1984); it was recombined as Chironomaptera gregaria by Ping (1928), Lin (1976), Wang (1980), Kalugina (1980), Lin (1982), Kalugina (1985), Lin (1992), Kalugina (1993), Zhang (1997), Borkent (2014).

Entered
by L. Edwards (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2012-06-05; modified by M. Clapham on 2015-07-26

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Samarura gregaria Grabau p. 178 figs. Pl 1, figs b-d
1928Chironomaptera gregaria Ping
1928Chironomaptera melanura Ping p. 35 figs. 14-15; Pl. II, fig. 9 and Pl. II, fig. 1
1976Chironomaptera gregaria Lin p. 107 figs. 8; Pl III fig 3, 5
1980Chironomaptera gregaria Kalugina figs. 1f-h
1980Chironomaptera melanura Lin p. 227 figs. Pl 1, fig 5; pl 6, figs 1-3, 5
1980Chironomaptera gregaria Wang p. 146 figs. Pl 68, figs 1-3,7; pl 69, fig 1
1982Mesotendipes gregaria Hong p. 162 figs. Pl 36, figs 1-6; pl 37, figs 2-6; text-figs 138-143
1982Mesotendipes melanura Hong p. 166 figs. Pl 37, figs 1,7; text-figs 181,182
1982Chironomaptera gregaria Lin p. 82 figs. Pl 32, fig 5
1984Mesotendipes gregaria Hong p. 175 fig. 49
1985Chironomaptera gregaria Kalugina p. 67
1986Chironomaptera melanura Zhang p. 81 figs. Pl 2, fig 6
1992Chironomaptera gregaria Lin p. 424 figs. Pl 163, fig 5
1993Chironomaptera gregaria Kalugina p. 125 figs. Pl 13, figs 3,4
1997Chironomaptera gregaria Zhang p. 93 figs. Pl 4, figs 7-9
2014Chironomaptera gregaria Borkent p. 483

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyChaoboridaeEdwards 1920
genusChironomaptera
speciesgregaria()

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.

Chironomaptera gregaria Grabau 1923
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Invalid names: Chironomaptera melanura Ping 1928 [synonym]
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: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Nei Mongol) Mesotendipes gregaria (154967)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57China (Zhejiang) Chironomaptera melanura (155610)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57China (Anhui) Chironomaptera melanura (155595 155609)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Jilin) Chironomaptera gregaria (151876 172391)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation Chironomaptera gregaria (138145 138146)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Chita) Chironomaptera gregaria (138147 138148)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Shandong) Chironomaptera gregaria (106313 154892 154893 154894 156554 156555) Chironomaptera melanura (156601) Samarura gregaria (156598 type locality: 164772)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia Chironomaptera gregaria (151591 151600)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Liaoning) Chironomaptera gregaria (151536 151537)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Gansu) Chironomaptera gregaria (154779)