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Sergyessa rusti

Insecta - Mantodea

Taxonomy
Sergyessa rusti was named by Shcherbakov et al. (2025). Its type specimen is FUM-N 14996, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kærshale pit 2 (ash layers -11 to -13), which is in a Ypresian offshore claystone in the Fur Formation of Denmark. It is the type species of Sergyessa.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2026-05-16; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-05-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Sergyessa rusti Shcherbakov et al. p. 434 fig. 1

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderMantodeaBurmeister 1838
suborderNeomantodea
infraorderEumantodea
Spinomantodea
Schizomantodea
genusSergyessa
speciesrusti

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.

Sergyessa rusti Shcherbakov et al. 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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Denmark Sergyessa rusti (type locality: 278778)