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Cretapsyche elegans

Insecta - Trichoptera - Cretapsychidae

Taxonomy
Cretapsyche elegans was named by Wichard et al. (2017). Its type specimen is MfN MB.I.7273, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (MfN collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Cretapsyche elegans Wichard et al. p. 140 figs. 4A-D
2021Cretapsyche elegans Wichard

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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
Aparaglossata
RankNameAuthor
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderTrichopteraKirby 1815
Eutrichoptera
suborderIntegripalpia
infraorderPhryganides()
Brevitentoria(Weaver 1984)
superfamilySericostomatoidea
familyCretapsychidae
genusCretapsyche
specieselegans

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.

Cretapsyche elegans Wichard et al. 2017
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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 Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Cretapsyche elegans (type locality: 184841)