Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Mesoserphites viraneacapitis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Serphitidae

Taxonomy
Mesoserphites viraneacapitis was named by Herbert and McKellar (2021). Its type specimen is RSKM P3306.30d, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber (RSM collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Mesoserphites viraneacapitis Herbert and McKellar p. 14 fig. 9

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
infraorderProctotrupomorpha
Microprocta
Bipetiolarida
superfamilySerphitoidea
familySerphitidae
subfamilySerphitinae
genusMesoserphites
speciesviraneacapitis

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.

Mesoserphites viraneacapitis Herbert and McKellar 2021
show all | hide all
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Mesoserphites viraneacapitis (111688 type locality: 166234)