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Iotacyphidae

Insecta - Iotacyphidae

Taxonomy
Iotacyphinae was named by Shcherbakov et al. (2024). Its type is Iotacypha.

It was reranked as the family Iotacyphidae by Engel et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Lophioneuridae by Shcherbakov and Shmakov (2024), Shcherbakov et al. (2024); and to Lophioneuroptera by Engel et al. (2025).

Subtaxa
Burmacypha, Iotacypha (type genus), Retiptera, Triassocyphinae
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2024-10-07; modified by M. Clapham on 2024-12-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Iotacyphinae Shcherbakov et al. p. 273
2024Iotacyphinae Shcherbakov and Shmakov p. 417
2025Iotacyphidae Engel et al. p. 523

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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
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderHolothysanoptera
—Lophioneuroptera
familyIotacyphidae()
familyIotacyphidae()

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.

Fm. †Iotacyphidae Shcherbakov et al. 2024
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G. †Burmacypha Zherikhin 2000
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†Burmacypha longicornis Zherikhin 2000
G. †Iotacypha Shcherbakov et al. 2024
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†Iotacypha vishniakovae Shcherbakov and Shmakov 2024
†Iotacypha zherikhini Shcherbakov et al. 2024
G. †Retiptera Cumming et al. 2024
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†Retiptera brennae Cumming et al. 2024
Subfm. †Triassocyphinae Boderau et al. 2025
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G. †Triassocypha Boderau et al. 2025
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†Triassocypha prima Boderau et al. 2025
†Triassocypha secunda Boderau et al. 2025
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: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 239.48000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Switzerland Triassocypha prima, Triassocypha secunda (234877)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Burmacypha longicornis (123020) Iotacypha zherikhini (237980) Iotacypha zherikhini, Iotacypha vishniakovae (190961) Iotacypha zherikhini, Retiptera brennae (200651) Retiptera brennae (237979)