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Polymera (Polymera) alexanderi

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Polymera (Polymera) alexanderi was named by Krzemiński et al. (2021). Its type specimen is ISEA MP/3453a, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (ISEA Krakow coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2022-06-01; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-06-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Polymera (Polymera) alexanderi Krzemiński et al. p. 170 fig. 1,2

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyLimnophilinae
genusPolymeraWiedemann 1821
subgenusPolymeraWiedemann 1821
speciesalexanderi

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.

†Polymera (Polymera) alexanderi Krzemiński et al. 2021
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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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Polymera alexanderi (122982 type locality: 155386)