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Protonephrocerus

Insecta - Diptera - Pipunculidae

Taxonomy
Protonephrocerus was named by Collin (1931). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pipunculidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Protonephrocerinae by Kehlmaier et al. (2014) and Motamedinia et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Protonephrocerus Collin p. 52
1992Protonephrocerus Carpenter
2014Protonephrocerus Kehlmaier et al. p. 25
2022Protonephrocerus Motamedinia et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
familyPipunculidae
subfamilyProtonephrocerinae()
genusProtonephrocerusCollin 1931

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. Protonephrocerus Collin 1931
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004
Collections
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