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Amelinae

Insecta - Mantodea - Amelidae

Taxonomy
Amelinae was named by Westwood (1889). It is extant.

It was assigned to Amelidae by Terríquez-Beltrán et al. (2022).

Subtaxa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Amelinae Westwood
1999Litaneutriini Jantsch
2022Amelinae Terríquez-Beltrán et al. p. 2129

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
RankNameAuthor
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderMantodeaBurmeister 1838
suborderNeomantodea
infraorderEumantodea
Spinomantodea
Schizomantodea
Artimantodea
Cernomantodea
Metamantodea
LobipediaSaussure 1870
Mantimorpha
Heteromantodea
superfamilyEremiaphiloidea
familyAmelidae()
subfamilyAmelinae
subfamilyAmelinae

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.

Subfm. Amelinae Westwood 1889
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Invalid names: Litaneutriini Jantsch 1999 [invalid subgroup]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Litaneutria pilosuspedes (217210)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Litaneutria pilosuspedes (217213)