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Mochlonyx

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Taxonomy
Mochlonyx was named by Loew (1844). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chaoboridae by Hennig (1966); to Culicidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Chaoborinae by Borkent (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Mochlonyx Loew p. 121
1861Mochlonyx atavus Loew p. 93
1966Mochlonyx Hennig p. 12
1992Mochlonyx Carpenter
2014Mochlonyx Borkent p. 480

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyChaoboridaeEdwards 1920
subfamilyChaoborinaeEdwards 1920
genusMochlonyx

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. Mochlonyx Loew 1844
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Mochlonyx secundus Seredszus and Wichard 2009
Mochlonyx sepultus Loew 1844
Invalid names: Mochlonyx atavus Loew 1861 [nomen nudum]
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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland M. sepultus (109625)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) M. secundus (120814) M. sepultus (123927)