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Acutiforcipia

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Acutiforcipia was named by Ashe and O'Connor (2019). Its type is Acutiforcipia cuspilonga.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Seredszus and Wichard (2009).

It was assigned to Orthocladiinae by Ashe and O'Connor (2019), Ashe et al. (2024).

Species
A. crusnotabile, A. cuspilonga (type species), A. fittkaui

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Acutiforcipia Ashe and O'Connor p. 131
2024Acutiforcipia Ashe et al. p. 60

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
subfamilyOrthocladiinaeLenz 1921
genusAcutiforcipia

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.

G. †Acutiforcipia Ashe and O'Connor 2019
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†Acutiforcipia crusnotabile Seredszus and Wichard 2009
†Acutiforcipia cuspilonga Seredszus and Wichard 2009
†Acutiforcipia fittkaui Seredszus and Wichard 2009
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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) A. cuspilonga (157348) A. cuspilonga, A. crusnotabile (124468) A. cuspilonga, A. crusnotabile, A. fittkaui (145846)