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Eoptychoptera eximia

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Taxonomy
Metaxybittacus eximius was named by Bode (1953). Its type specimen is GPIC Cl 352, a wing, and it is an impression.

It was recombined as Eoptychoptera eximia by Lukashevich et al. (1998), Lukashevich and Arillo (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Metaxybittacus eximius Bode p. 288 figs. Pl. 14, fig. 371
1953Palaeolimnobia maculosa Bode p. 302
1978Metaxybittacus eximius Willmann p. 92
1998Eoptychoptera eximia Lukashevich et al. p. 322 figs. 11-13
2016Eoptychoptera eximia Lukashevich and Arillo p. 257 fig. 2E

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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
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderPtychopteromorpha
familyPtychopteridaeOsten-Sacken 1862
subfamilyEoptychopterinae
genusEoptychoptera
specieseximia()

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.

Eoptychoptera eximia Bode 1953
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Invalid names: Palaeolimnobia maculosa Bode 1953 [synonym]
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 Toarcian or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Niedersachsen) Palaeolimnobia maculosa, Metaxybittacus eximius (105002)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Germany Eoptychoptera eximia (104056)