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Conostigmus chthonios

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megaspilidae

Taxonomy
Conostigmus chthonios was named by Peñalver and Engel (2006). Its type specimen is MPV-357-RM, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rio Rubielos (MPV coll), which is in an Orleanian lacustrine - large mudstone in Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Conostigmus chthonios Peñalver and Engel p. 10 figs. 4b, 5b-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyCeraphronoidea
familyMegaspilidae
subfamilyMegaspilinae()
genusConostigmusDahlbom 1858
specieschthonios

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.

†Conostigmus chthonios Peñalver and Engel 2006
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Orleanian or 20.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Spain Conostigmus chthonios (type locality: 122985)