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Micropygomyia (Sauromyia) paterna

Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Taxonomy
Phlebotomus paternus was named by Quate (1963). Its type specimen is UCMP 12746, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is UCMP B-1402, Simojovel area, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

It was recombined as Micropygomyia (Sauromyia) paterna by Andrade Filho et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Phlebotomus paternus Quate p. 114 figs. Pl 15, fig 4; text-figs 2d,e
1972Phlebotomus paternus Hennig p. 62
2009Micropygomyia (Sauromyia) paterna Andrade Filho et al. p. 974

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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
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderPsychodomorpha
superfamilyPsychodoidea
familyPsychodidae
subfamilyPhlebotominaeRondani 1840
genusMicropygomyia
subgenusSauromyia
speciespaterna()

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Phlebotomus paternus (type locality: 124810)