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Villalites electrica

Insecta - Diptera - Acroceridae

Taxonomy
Villalites electrica was named by Hennig (1966). Its type specimen is SMF 19115, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Senckenberg Frankfurt (SMF) collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Villalites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Villalites electrica Hennig p. 18 figs. 22, 23, 31, 33, 34
2017Villalites electrica Gillung and Winterton p. 337 fig. 7A,B,D
2019Villalites electrica Gillung and Winterton p. 831

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Homeodactyla
superfamilyNemestrinoideaMacquart 1834
familyAcroceridaeLeach 1815
subfamilyCyrtinae()
genusVillalites
specieselectrica

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.

Villalites electrica Hennig 1966
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Villalites electrica (type locality: 123928)