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Gubuzhu orientalis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pompilidae

Taxonomy
Gubuzhu orientalis was named by Xu and Waichert (2025). Its type specimen is XTBG XDA1-1419, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sample XDA1, Xiede section, northern Kanggale Hill, Nima Basin, which is in a Priabonian lacustrine lime mudstone in China. It is the type species of Gubuzhu.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Gubuzhu orientalis Xu and Waichert p. 316 figs. 1-3, 5A

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyPompiloidea
familyPompilidae()
subfamilyPompilinae
tribePompilini
genusGubuzhu
speciesorientalis

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.

†Gubuzhu orientalis Xu and Waichert 2025
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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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9China (Xizang) Gubuzhu orientalis (227062 type locality: 239647)