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Palpomyia shilo

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Miopalpomyia shilo was named by Pierce (1966). Its type specimen is LACMIP S9130, a nymph (pupa), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Site 2D (LACMIP 351), Calico Hills, which is in a Hemingfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Barstow Formation of California.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Miopalpomyia shilo Pierce p. 95 fig. 20
1997Palpomyia shilo Borkent and Wirth p. 134
2013Palpomyia shilo Borkent p. 168
2020Palpomyia shilo Borkent and Dominiak p. 211

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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
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidae
subfamilyCeratopogoninae
tribePalpomyiini
genusPalpomyia
speciesshilo()

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.

Palpomyia shilo Pierce 1966
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Hemingfordian or 18.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (California) Miopalpomyia shilo (152231)