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Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) pallipes

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) pallipes was named by Skartveit et al. (2025). Its type specimen is JS-Burmite 047/SDEI-Amb 00254, an exoskeleton (wing), and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Skartveit/SDEI collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2026-04-04; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-04-04

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Protopenthetria (Megacephaletria) pallipes Skartveit et al. p. 472 figs. 51-53

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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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyHesperininae(Walker 1848)
genusProtopenthetria
subgenusMegacephaletria
speciespallipes

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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Protopenthetria pallipes (type locality: 133102)