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Xyela

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae

Taxonomy
Xyela was named by Dalman (1819). It is extant. It is the type genus of Xyelidae, Xyelinae, Xyeloidea, Xyelini.

It was assigned to Xyelidae by Zhang (1989) and Carpenter (1992); to Xyelini by Rasnitsyn (1995); and to Xyelinae by Statz (1936) and Taeger et al. (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Pinicola Brébisson p. 117
1819Xyela Dalman
1936Xyela Statz p. 263
1989Xyela Zhang p. 211
1992Xyela Carpenter
1995Xyela Rasnitsyn p. 2
2010Xyela Taeger et al. p. 679

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
superfamilyXyeloidea
familyXyelidae
subfamilyXyelinae
tribeXyelini
genusXyelaDalman 1819

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.

G. Xyela Dalman 1819
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Subg. †Xyela (Mesoxyela) Rasnitsyn 1965
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†Xyela (Mesoxyela) mesozoica Rasnitsyn 1965
Subg. Xyela (Pinicolites) Meunier 1920
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Subg. Xyela (Xyela) Dalman 1819
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Xyela (Xyela) julii Brébisson 1818
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Invalid names: Xyela (Xyela) angustipennis Statz 1936 [synonym]
†Xyela (Xyela) magna Statz 1936
†Xyela (Xyela) micrura Rasnitsyn 1995
Invalid names: Pinicola Brébisson 1818 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aptian to the top of the Chattian or 125.00000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) X. mesozoica (105536)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) X. florissantensis (124624)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Pinicolites graciosus (138696)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) X. latipennis, X. angustipennis, X. julii, X. micrura, X. magna, Pleuroneura graciosa, X. menelaus (122010)