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Culicoides ventralis

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Culicoides ventralis was named by Borkent and Wirth (1997). It is a compression fossil.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Culicoides abdominalis Statz pp. 145-146 figs. Pl VIII fig 66
1997Culicoides ventralis Borkent and Wirth p. 84
2013Culicoides ventralis Borkent p. 103
2020Culicoides ventralis Borkent and Dominiak p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidae
subfamilyCeratopogoninae
tribeCulicoidini
genusCulicoidesLatreille 1809
speciesventralis

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.

†Culicoides ventralis Borkent and Wirth 1997
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Invalid names: Culicoides abdominalis Statz 1944 [replaced]
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: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Culicoides abdominalis (122010)