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Meessiidae

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Meessiidae

Taxonomy
Meessiinae was named by Căpuşe (1966). It is extant.

It was reranked as the family Meessiidae by Regier et al. (2015).

It was assigned to Tineidae by Căpuşe (1966), Sohn et al. (2012); and to Tineoidea by Regier et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Meessiinae Căpuşe p. 106
2012Meessiinae Sohn et al. p. 31
2015Meessiidae Regier et al. p. 421

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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
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
Euheteroneura
DitrysiaBorner 1925
superfamilyTineoidea
familyMeessiidae()
familyMeessiidae()

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.

Fm. Meessiidae Căpuşe 1966
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G. †Electromeessia Kozlov 1987
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G. †Palaeoinfurcitinea Kozlov 1987
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G. †Paratriaxomasia Jarzembowski 1980
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Paratriaxomasia solentensis Jarzembowski 1980
G. †Simulotinea Skalski 1977
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Simulotinea intermedia Skalski 1977
G. †Tineolamima Rebel 1934
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Tineolamima aurella Rebel 1934
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 (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Electromeessia zagulijaevi (120610) Palaeoinfurcitinea rohdendorfi (122591) Tineolamima aurella (123870)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Paratriaxomasia solentensis (123959)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Simulotinea intermedia (120813)