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Macalpina incomparabilis

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Macalpina incomparabilis was named by Krzemiński and Teskey (1987). Its type specimen is CNC 19079, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Cedar Lake (CNC 1963 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in Canada. It is the type species of Macalpina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Macalpina incomparabilis Krzemiński and Teskey p. 890 fig. 2,6
1987Macalpina incomparabilis Krzeminski and Teskey p. 890
1994Macalpina incomparabilis Evenhuis

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyChioneinaeRondani 1861
genusMacalpina
speciesincomparabilis

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.

†Macalpina incomparabilis Krzemiński and Teskey 1987
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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

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Manitoba) Macalpina incomparabilis (type locality: 122353)