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Polyhelictes bipolarus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

Taxonomy
Polyhelictes bipolarus was named by Spasojevic et al. (2018). Its type specimen is SF MeI 16069, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit, grid square F9, 2.5-3.5 m above alpha, which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Polyhelictes bipolarus Spasojevic et al. p. 17 fig. 7
2019Polyhelictes bipolarus Klopfstein and Spasojevic p. 18 fig. 7C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyIchneumonoidea
familyIchneumonidae()
PimpliformesWahl 1990
subfamilyPimplinaeWesmael 1845
tribeEphialtini
genusPolyhelictes
speciesbipolarus

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.

Polyhelictes bipolarus Spasojevic et al. 2018
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: MP 11 or 48.60000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Polyhelictes bipolarus (type locality: 166830)