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Helius formosus

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Helius formosus was named by Krzemiński (1993). Its type specimen is MBJ. 225 Kühl, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Humboldt Museum Kühl collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Helius formosus Krzemiński p. 600 figs. 8-9
2014Helius formosus Kania p. 336 figs. 2A-C

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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
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyLimoniinae
genusHeliusLepeletier and Serville 1828
speciesformosus

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.

†Helius formosus Krzemiński 1993
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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Helius formosus (123215) Helius sp. (120813)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Helius formosus (type locality: 123221)