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Lepidotrix pilifera

Insecta - Zygentoma - Lepidotrichidae

Taxonomy

Lepidotrix piliferum was named by Menge (1854). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Menge collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was replaced with Lepisma lepidothrix by von Olfers (1907); it was misspelled as Lepidothrix pilifera by Silvestri (1912); it was corrected as Lepidotrix pilifera by Kaplin (2018).

Synonyms

Klebsia horrens was named by von Olfers (1907). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lepidotrix pilifera by Silvestri (1912).
Micropa stylifera was named by von Olfers (1907). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lepidotrix pilifera by Silvestri (1912).
Machilopsis affinis was named by von Olfers (1907). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lepidotrix pilifera by Silvestri (1912).
Lepidion pisciculus was named by Menge (1854). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Menge collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lepidotrix pilifera by Silvestri (1912).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1854	Lepidion pisciculus Menge p. 117
1854	Lepidotrix piliferum Menge p. 117
1907	Klebsia horrens von Olfers p. 8 fig. 3
1907	Micropa stylifera von Olfers p. 8
1907	Machilopsis affinis von Olfers p. 10 fig. 10
1912	Lepidothrix pilifera Silvestri p. 51 figs. 4-6
2018	Lepidotrix pilifera Kaplin p. 541

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825

Rank	Name	Author
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
order	Zygentoma
suborder	Neozygentoma
infraorder	Parazygentoma
family	Lepidotrichidae	Silvestri 1913
genus	Lepidotrix
species	pilifera	()

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.

†Lepidotrix pilifera Menge 1854

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Invalid names: Klebsia horrens von Olfers 1907 [synonym], Lepidion pisciculus Menge 1854 [synonym], Machilopsis affinis von Olfers 1907 [synonym], Micropa stylifera von Olfers 1907 [synonym]

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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Poland	Lepidotrix piliferum, Lepidion pisciculus (120811)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Ukraine	Lepidotrix pilifera (122997)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Klebsia horrens, Micropa stylifera, Machilopsis affinis (123927) Lepidothrix pilifera (123771)