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Culicoides (Oecacta) dasyheleiformis

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Culicoides (Oecacta) dasyheleiformis was named by Szadziewski (1988). Its type specimen is MfN MBI 99, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Culicoides dasyheleiformis by Borkent and Wirth (1997), Borkent (2013), Pielowska et al. (2018), Szadziewski (2018) and Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Culicoides (Oecacta) dasyheleiformis Szadziewski p. 36 figs. 33-38
1997Culicoides dasyheleiformis Borkent and Wirth p. 66
2013Culicoides dasyheleiformis Borkent p. 80
2018Culicoides dasyheleiformis Pielowska et al. p. 241
2018Culicoides dasyheleiformis Szadziewski p. 225
2020Culicoides dasyheleiformis Borkent and Dominiak p. 141

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidae
subfamilyCeratopogoninae
tribeCulicoidini
genusCulicoidesLatreille 1809
subgenusOecacta(Poey 1853)
speciesdasyheleiformis

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.

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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 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Culicoides dasyheleiformis (type locality: 109625 120813)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Culicoides dasyheleiformis (123221)