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Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites)

Insecta - Diptera - Culicidae

Taxonomy
Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) was named by Theobald (1901). It is extant.

It was assigned to Toxorhynchites by Zavortink and Poinar (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) Theobald
2008Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) Zavortink and Poinar p. 118

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyCulicidae
subfamilyCulicinae()
tribeToxorhynchitini(Theobald 1905)
genusToxorhynchitesTheobald 1901
subgenusToxorhynchitesTheobald 1901

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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†Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) mexicanus Zavortink and Poinar 2008
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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Toxorhynchites mexicanus (125757)