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Aphanostephanus janzeni

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Stephanidae

Taxonomy
Electrostephanus janzeni was named by Engel (2005). Its type specimen is KU-NHM-ENT B-158, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Kansas SEMC Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Aphanostephanus.

It was recombined as Aphanostephanus janzeni by Ge and Tan (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Electrostephanus janzeni Engel p. 320 figs. 1-8
2017Electrostephanus janzeni Li et al. p. 196
2023Aphanostephanus janzeni Ge and Tan p. 838

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyStephanoideaLeach 1815
familyStephanidaeLeach 1815
genusAphanostephanus
speciesjanzeni()

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Electrostephanus janzeni (type locality: 124370)