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Psyllipsocus fushunensis

Insecta - Psocodea - Psyllipsocidae

Taxonomy
Sinopsyllipsocus fushunensis was named by Zhang et al. (2016). Its type specimen is NIGP 156986, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

It was recombined as Psyllipsocus fushunensis by Álvarez‐Parra et al. (2024), Weingardt et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Sinopsyllipsocus fushunensis Zhang et al. p. 367 fig. 2,3
2017Sinopsyllipsocus fushunensis Hakim et al. p. 390
2024Psyllipsocus fushunensis Álvarez‐Parra et al. p. 7
2025Psyllipsocus fushunensis Weingardt et al. p. 7

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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
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
orderPsocodea
suborderTrogiomorpha
infraorderPsyllipsocetae
familyPsyllipsocidae()
genusPsyllipsocusSelys-Longchamps 1872
speciesfushunensis()

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.

Psyllipsocus fushunensis Zhang et al. 2016
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07China (Liaoning) Sinopsyllipsocus fushunensis (type locality: 125934)