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Laticephalana liuyani

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Taxonomy
Laticephalana liuyani was named by Luo et al. (2021). Its type specimen is RPX19001, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Ruipoxuan Amber Museum coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Laticephalana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Laticephalana liuyani Luo et al. p. 470 figs. 1-4
2022Laticephalana liuyani Luo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderAlienoptera
familyUmenocoleidae
genusLaticephalana
speciesliuyani

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.

Laticephalana liuyani Luo et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinf
Form: inflated sheetf
Ontogeny: moltingf
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: fast-movingf
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2013-02-02 05:47:31
Modified: 2013-02-01 12:47:31
Source: f = family
Reference: Vršanský 2003

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 Laticephalana liuyani (type locality: 193537)