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Sphyrotheca

Collembola - Symphypleona - Sminthuridae

Taxonomy
Sphyrotheca was named by Borner (1906). It is extant. It is the type genus of Sphyrothecinae.

It was assigned to Sminthuridae by Penney et al. (2012); and to Sphyrothecinae by Sánchez-García and Engel (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Sphyrotheca Borner
2012Sphyrotheca Penney et al.
2016Sphyrotheca Sánchez-García and Engel p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
EllipuraBörner 1910
RankNameAuthor
classCollembola(Lubbock 1871)
orderSymphypleonaBorner 1901
suborderAppendiciphoraBretfeld 1986
infraorderSminthuriformiaBretfeld 1986
superfamilySminthuroideaLubbock 1862
familySminthuridaeLubbock 1862
subfamilySphyrothecinaeBetsch 1980
genusSphyrothecaBorner 1906

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.

G. Sphyrotheca Borner 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:34
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:34
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic S. sp. (134944 140492)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) S. sp. (220273)