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Limaia conspicua

Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae

Taxonomy
Limaia conspicua was named by Martins-Neto and Vulcano (1988). Its type specimen is GP/IT-1625, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (IGC-USP collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Limaia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Limaia conspicua Martins-Neto and Vulcano p. 192 figs. Pl 1, figs A,D,H; text-figs 1A,B
1989Limaia conspicua Martins-Neto and Vulcano p. 312 figs. 1A,B, 2D
1994Limaia conspicua Nel and Henrotay p. 304
1997Limaia conspicua Martins-Neto p. 75
2000Limaia conspicua Martins-Neto p. 117 fig. 11A,B,D,J
2002Limaia conspicua Martins-Neto p. 37

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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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
—Euneuroptera
—Neoneuroptera
superfamilyHemerobioidea
familyChrysopidaeSchneider 1851
subfamilyLimaiinae
genusLimaia
speciesconspicua

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.

†Limaia conspicua Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988
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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: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Limaia conspicua (125511 type locality: 149767)