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Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) dominicanus

Insecta - Diptera - Culicidae

Taxonomy
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) dominicanus was named by Zavortink and Poinar (2000). Its type specimen is Poinar D-7-6A, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) dominicanus Zavortink and Poinar p. 1231 figs. 1-5

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

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.

†Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) dominicanus Zavortink and Poinar 2000
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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: 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 (type locality: 122472)