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Kernastiridius nephlajeus

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cixiidae

Taxonomy
Kernastiridius nephlajeus was named by Szwedo (2019). Its type specimen is NHMUK I.9023, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Kernastiridius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Kernastiridius nephlajeus Szwedo p. 355 figs. Pl 6, fig 4; text-fig 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
HemelytrataFallen 1829
suborderFulgoromorpha(Evans 1946)
informalEucixioidian
superfamilyDelphacoidea
familyCixiidae
subfamilyCixiinae
tribePentastiriniEmeljanov 1971
genusKernastiridius
speciesnephlajeus

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.

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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Kernastiridius nephlajeus (type locality: 123959)