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Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) falcata

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Ceratopogon falcatus was named by Meunier (1904). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Stilobezzia falcata by Szadziewski (1988), Sontag and Szadziewski (2011), Szadziewski (2018); it was recombined as Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) falcata by Szadziewski (1993), Borkent and Wirth (1997), Borkent (2013), Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Ceratopogon falcatus Meunier p. 244
1904Ceratopogon spinosus Meunier p. 245
1988Stilobezzia falcata Szadziewski p. 117 figs. 326-340
1993Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) falcata Szadziewski p. 636 figs. 96-98
1997Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) falcata Borkent and Wirth p. 107
2011Stilobezzia falcata Sontag and Szadziewski p. 792
2013Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) falcata Borkent p. 133
2018Stilobezzia falcata Szadziewski p. 226
2020Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) falcata Borkent and Dominiak p. 174

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidae
subfamilyCeratopogoninae
tribeCeratopogonini
genusStilobezzia
subgenusAcanthohelea(Kieffer 1917)
speciesfalcata()

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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Invalid names: Ceratopogon spinosus Meunier 1904 [synonym]
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 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Ceratopogon falcatus, Ceratopogon spinosus (type locality: 123927)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Stilobezzia falcata (129228)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Stilobezzia falcata (123762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Stilobezzia falcata (113621 122997)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Stilobezzia falcata (120813)