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Volnococcopsis korniushini

Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae

Taxonomy
Volnococcopsis korniushini was named by Fedotova and Perkovsky (2008). Its type specimen is SIZK D-2114, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Dubrovitsa locality (SIZC D collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine. It is the type species of Volnococcopsis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Volnococcopsis korniushini Fedotova and Perkovsky p. 35 fig. 4
2014Volnococcopsis korniushini Gagné and Jaschhof p. 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyCecidomyiidae
subfamilyPorricondylinaeKieffer 1913
tribePorricondyliniKieffer 1913
genusVolnococcopsis
specieskorniushini

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.

†Volnococcopsis korniushini Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008
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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 - 33.9Ukraine Volnococcopsis korniushini (type locality: 122996)