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Chironomopsis

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Chironomopsis was named by Handlirsch (1906). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Chironomidae by Cockerell (1924); and to Nematocera by Handlirsch (1906) and Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Chironomopsis Handlirsch p. 631
1924Chironomopsis Cockerell p. 142
1992Chironomopsis Carpenter

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

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. †Chironomopsis Handlirsch 1906
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Chironomopsis arrogans Giebel 1856
Chironomopsis extinctus Brodie 1845
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: Middle Berriasian or 145.00000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Chironomus extinctus, Chironomidae indet. (104008)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Nei Mongol) C. sp., C. gracilis (156009)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) C. gracilis (156606)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46China (Anhui) C. gracilis (148372)