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Diamesa

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Diamesa was named by Walts (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tanypinae by Kieffer (1906); and to Chironomidae by Aldrich (1905) and Carpenter (1992).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Diamesa Walts p. 283
1905Diamesa Aldrich p. 117
1906Diamesa Kieffer p. 35
1992Diamesa Carpenter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
genusDiamesaWalts 1837

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. Diamesa Walts 1837
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Diamesa extincta Melander 1949
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 Chadronian to the top of the Gelasian or 37.20000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) D. extincta (123119 124624)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland D. sp. (160145)