Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Dasyhelea dominicana

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Dasyhelea (Sebessia) dominicana was named by Szadziewski and Grogan (1998). Its type specimen is FSCA 650, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Florida State Collection of Arthropods), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

It was recombined as Dasyhelea dominicana by Borkent (2013), Szadziewski (2018), Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. australis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Dasyhelea (Sebessia) dominicana Szadziewski and Grogan p. 258 figs. 6-9
2013Dasyhelea dominicana Borkent p. 63
2018Dasyhelea dominicana Szadziewski p. 226
2020Dasyhelea dominicana Borkent and Dominiak p. 45

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
tribeDasyheleini
genusDasyheleaKieffer 1913
speciesdominicana()

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.

†Dasyhelea dominicana Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
show all | hide all
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Dasyhelea dominicana (122473 type locality: 123857)