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Neostenoptera kiefferi

Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae

Taxonomy
Stenoptera kiefferi was named by Meunier (1901). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Zanzibar Copal (Kunow collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania. It is the type species of Neostenoptera, Stenoptera.

It was recombined as Neostenoptera kiefferi by Meunier (1902), Gagné and Jaschhof (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Stenoptera kiefferi Meunier p. 201
1902Neostenoptera kiefferi Meunier p. 102
2014Neostenoptera kiefferi Gagné and Jaschhof p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyCecidomyiidae
subfamilyWinnertziinae
tribeHeteropezini
genusNeostenoptera
specieskiefferi()

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.

†Neostenoptera kiefferi Meunier 1901
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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: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Stenoptera kiefferi (type locality: 140791)