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Amphientomum knorrei

Insecta - Psocodea - Amphientomidae

Taxonomy
Amphientomum knorrei was named by Weingardt et al. (2024). Its type specimen is PMJ Pa 5809, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is East Africa Copal (Phyletisches Museum Jena PMJ collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania. It is the type species of Amphientomum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Amphientomum knorrei Weingardt et al. p. 121 fig. A3

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
orderPsocodea
suborderTroctomorpha
infraorderAmphientometae
superfamilyAmphientomoidea
familyAmphientomidae()
subfamilyAmphientominae
genusAmphientomum
speciesknorrei

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.

†Amphientomum knorrei Weingardt et al. 2024
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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 Amphientomum knorrei (type locality: 234540)