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Andrenopteryx willardi

Insecta - Hymenoptera

Taxonomy
Melitta willardi was named by Cockerell (1909). Its type specimen is UCM 18737, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. It is the type species of Andrenopteryx.

It was recombined as Andrenopteryx willardi by Dewulf and Engel (2014), Engel (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Melitta willardi Cockerell p. 393
1976Melitta willardi Zeuner and Manning p. 175
2014Andrenopteryx willardi Dewulf and Engel p. 42 fig. 1
2021Andrenopteryx willardi Engel p. 49

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
subfamilyAndreninae
genusAndrenopteryx
specieswillardi()

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.

†Andrenopteryx willardi Cockerell 1909
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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: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Melitta willardi (122742)