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Dicranomyia (Caenolimonia) alexbrowni

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Dicranomyia (Caenolimonia) alexbrowni was named by Podenas and Poinar (2012). Its type specimen is Poinar MI-23-56, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Mexican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Dicranomyia (Caenolimonia) alexbrowni Podenas and Poinar p. 355 figs. 14-18, 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyLimoniinae
genusDicranomyia
subgenusCaenolimonia()
speciesalexbrowni

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.

†Dicranomyia (Caenolimonia) alexbrowni Podenas and Poinar 2012
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Dicranomyia alexbrowni (type locality: 125757)