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Diacorixa germanica

Insecta - Hemiptera - Corixidae

Taxonomy
Diacorixa germanica was named by Popov (1989). Its type specimen is SMNS 26498, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Randeck Maar (SMNS coll), which is in a MN 5 crater lake lime mudstone in the Randeck Maar Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Diacorixa germanica Popov p. 5 figs. 2-4, 7-11
1993Diacorixa germanica Nel and Paicheler p. 17

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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
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderNepomorpha
superfamilyCorixoideaEnderlein 1912
familyCorixidaeLeach 1815
subfamilyCorixinaeLeach 1815
tribeCorixiniLeach 1815
genusDiacorixa
speciesgermanica

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.

Diacorixa germanica Popov 1989
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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: Langhian or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany Diacorixa germanica (139832)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Diacorixa germanica (type locality: 109058)