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Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) lyneborgi

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) lyneborgi was named by Szadziewski (1988). Its type specimen is ZMC 15, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Denmark.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) lyneborgi Szadziewski p. 196 figs. 617-623
1997Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) lyneborgi Borkent and Wirth p. 35
2013Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) lyneborgi Borkent p. 37
2020Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) lyneborgi Borkent and Dominiak p. 77

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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
specieslyneborgi

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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Forcipomyia lyneborgi (type locality: 123762)