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Epidapus (Vimmeria) menzeli

Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae

Taxonomy
Epidapus menzeli was named by Röschmann and Mohrig (1994). Its type specimen is DEI 04 (B 3989), an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Epidapus (Vimmeria) menzeli by Röschmann and Mohrig (1995), Menzel and Mohrig (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Epidapus menzeli Röschmann and Mohrig p. 405 fig. 1
1995Epidapus (Vimmeria) menzeli Röschmann and Mohrig p. 47
2000Epidapus (Vimmeria) menzeli Menzel and Mohrig p. 309

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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
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familySciaridae()
subfamilyCratyninae
genusEpidapusHaliday 1851
subgenusVimmeriaKratochvil 1936
speciesmenzeli()

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.

†Epidapus (Vimmeria) menzeli Röschmann and Mohrig 1994
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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Epidapus menzeli (type locality: 123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Epidapus menzeli, Epidapus menzeli (129227)