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Forcipomyia krzeminskii

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Forcipomyia krzeminskii was named by Szadziewski (1988). Its type specimen is MZW 8156, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) krzeminskii by Borkent and Wirth (1997), Borkent (2013), Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Forcipomyia krzeminskii Szadziewski p. 217 figs. 687-696
1997Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) krzeminskii Borkent and Wirth p. 35
2013Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) krzeminskii Borkent p. 36
2020Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) krzeminskii Borkent and Dominiak p. 77

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidae
subfamilyForcipomyiinaeLenz 1934
tribeForcipomyiiniLenz 1934
genusForcipomyia
specieskrzeminskii

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.

†Forcipomyia krzeminskii Szadziewski 1988
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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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Forcipomyia krzeminskii (123993)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Forcipomyia krzeminskii (123762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Forcipomyia krzeminskii (type locality: 120813)