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Calopsectra

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Calopsectra was named by Kieffer (1909). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chironomidae by Park and Downing (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Calopsectra Kieffer
2001Calopsectra Park and Downing p. 179

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
genusCalopsectraKieffer 1909

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. Calopsectra Kieffer 1909
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Hemingfordian or 20.43000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) C. sp. (106431 123022 123023 123025 123042)