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Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus)

Insecta - Diptera - Culicidae

Taxonomy
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) was named by Blanchard (1902). It is extant.

It was reranked as Nyssorhynchus by Blanchard (1902).

It was assigned to Culicidae by Blanchard (1902); and to Anopheles by Zavortink and Poinar (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) Blanchard p. 795
1902Nyssorhynchus Blanchard p. 795
2000Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) Zavortink and Poinar

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyCulicidae
subfamilyAnophelinae
genusAnopheles
subgenusNyssorhynchus

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.

Subg. Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) Blanchard 1902
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Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) dominicanus Zavortink and Poinar 2000
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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Anopheles dominicanus (122472)