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Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) uncula

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Ceratopogon unculus 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 Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) uncula by Szadziewski (1988), Evenhuis (1994), Borkent and Wirth (1997), Borkent (2013), Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Ceratopogon unculus Meunier p. 238
1988Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) uncula Szadziewski p. 198 figs. 624-631
1994Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) uncula Evenhuis
1997Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) uncula Borkent and Wirth p. 37
2013Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) uncula Borkent p. 40
2020Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) uncula Borkent and Dominiak p. 81

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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
subfamilyForcipomyiinaeLenz 1934
tribeForcipomyiiniLenz 1934
genusForcipomyia
subgenusForcipomyia
speciesuncula()

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: 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 unculus (type locality: 123927) Forcipomyia uncula (123221 123993)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Forcipomyia uncula (123762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Forcipomyia uncula (109625 120813)