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Triassopsychops superbus

Insecta - Neuroptera - Psychopsidae

Taxonomy
Triassopsychops superba was named by Tillyard (1922). Its type specimen is GSQI284, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

It was corrected as Triassopsychops superbus by Peng et al. (2011) and Lambkin (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Triassopsychops superba Tillyard p. 469 figs. Pl 52 fig 32; Fig 89
1923Triassopsychops superba Tillyard
1949Triassopsychops superba Martynova
1956Triassopsychops superba Riek p. 105
2011Triassopsychops superbus Peng et al. p. 219
2014Triassopsychops superbus Lambkin p. 59 figs. 1, 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
Metaxyneuroptera
Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
Euneuroptera
Neoneuroptera
Geoneuroptera
suborderMyrmeleontiformiaHenry 1982
superfamilyPsychopsoidea
familyPsychopsidae()
genusTriassopsychops
speciessuperbus()

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.

Triassopsychops superbus Tillyard 1922
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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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Australia (Queensland) Triassopsychops superba (type locality: 111558) Triassopsychops superbus (162402)