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Acnemia simplex

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Taxonomy
Acnemia simplex was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is BMNH I.9597, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Acnemia simplex Cockerell p. 463 fig. 19
2019Acnemia simplex Blagoderov p. 535 figs. Pl 8a
2021Acnemia simplex Oliveira and Amorim

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
subfamilySciophilinae
genusAcnemia
speciessimplex

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.

Acnemia simplex Cockerell 1921
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Acnemia simplex (type locality: 123959)