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Drino (Palexorista) succini

Insecta - Diptera - Tachinidae

Taxonomy
Tachina succini was named by Giebel (1862). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is East Africa Copal (Coburg collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania.

It was recombined as Palexorista succini by Townsend (1921); it was synonymized subjectively with Palexorista solennis by Crosskey (1966); it was recombined as Drino (Palexorista) succini by O'Hara and Cerretti (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Tachina succini Giebel p. 319
1921Palexorista succini Townsend p. 134
2016Drino (Palexorista) succini O'Hara and Cerretti

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
—Schizophora
—Calyptratae()
superfamilyOestroideaLeach 1815
familyTachinidae
subfamilyExoristinae
tribeEryciini
genusDrinoRobineau-Desvoidy 1863
subgenusPalexorista()
speciessuccini()

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: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Tachina succini (type locality: 129861)