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Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) orientalis

Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae

Taxonomy
Sciara orientalis was named by Meunier (1904). 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 recombined as Trichosia (Leptosciarella) orientalis by Mohrig and Röschmann (1994), Röschmann and Mohrig (1995), Röschmann and Mohrig (1995); it was recombined as Leptosciarella orientalis by Menzel and Mohrig (2000); it was recombined as Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) orientalis by Mohrig and Röschmann (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Sciara orientalis Meunier p. 72 figs. Pl 5, fig 9
1994Trichosia (Leptosciarella) orientalis Mohrig and Röschmann p. 92 fig. 6
1995Trichosia (Leptosciarella) orientalis Röschmann and Mohrig p. 24
2000Leptosciarella orientalis Menzel and Mohrig p. 353
2005Leptosciarella (Leptosciarella) orientalis Mohrig and Röschmann p. 324

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familySciaridae()
subfamilySciarinae
genusLeptosciarella(Tuomikoski 1960)
subgenusLeptosciarellaTuomikoski 1960
speciesorientalis()

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 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Sciara orientalis (type locality: 123927)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Trichosia orientalis (129227 139214)