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Xyelula benderi

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sepulcidae

Taxonomy
Xyelula benderi was named by Rasnitsyn et al. (2003). Its type specimen is LGB 112, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Klein Lehmhagen pit, Grimmen (Bender collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore shale in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Xyelula benderi Rasnitsyn et al. p. 322 figs. 1-7
2010Xyelula benderi Taeger et al. p. 58

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
superfamilyCephoidea
familySepulcidae
subfamilyXyelulinae
genusXyelula
speciesbenderi

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.

Xyelula benderi Rasnitsyn et al. 2003
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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: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 182.70000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Niedersachsen) Xyelula benderi (154299)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Bavaria) Xyelula benderi (117794)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Xyelula benderi (114991)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Xyelula benderi (type locality: 154298)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany Xyelula benderi (104056)