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Mesophonus
Taxonomy
Mesophonus was named by Wills (1910). Its type is Mesophonus perornatus. It is the type genus of Mesophonoidea, Mesophonidae.
It was assigned to Mesophonidae by Petrunkevitch (1953), Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Mesophonidae by Petrunkevitch (1953), Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Species
M. perornatus (syn. M. opisthophthalmus) (type species), M. pulcherrimus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1910 | Mesophonus Wills p. 307 |
| 1953 | Mesophonus Petrunkevitch p. 36 |
| 1986 | Mesophonus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 79 |
| 2013 | Mesophonus Dunlop et al. p. 32 |
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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.
G. †Mesophonus Wills 1910
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†Mesophonus perornatus Wills 1910
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Invalid names: Mesophonus opisthophthalmus Wills 1947 [synonym]
†Mesophonus pulcherrimus Wills 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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