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Mesopsocus

Insecta - Psocodea - Mesopsocidae

Taxonomy
Mesopsocus was named by Kolbe (1880). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mesopsocidae by Peñalver et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Mesopsocus Kolbe p. 184
1996Mesopsocus Peñalver et al. p. 48

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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
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
orderPsocodea
suborderPsocomorphaRoesler 1944
infraorderHomilopsocidea
familyMesopsocidaeEnderlein 1903
genusMesopsocus

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.

G. Mesopsocus Kolbe 1880
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Spain (Castellon) M. sp. (140798)