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Pseudosimulium humidum

Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae

Taxonomy
Simulium humidum was named by Brodie (1845). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 3952, an exoskeleton (complete female fly), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Pseudosimulium humidum by Handlirsch (1906) and Mostovski et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Simulium humidum Brodie p. 33 figs. Pl 3, fig 8
1906Pseudosimulium humidum Handlirsch p. 631 figs. Pl LI fig 10
2003Pseudosimulium humidum Mostovski et al. p. 61 figs. 3A,B, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Homeodactyla
infraorderTabanomorphaHennig 1948
familyRhagionidae()
genusPseudosimulium
specieshumidum()

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.

Pseudosimulium humidum Brodie 1845
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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: Middle Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Simulium humidum (type locality: 104008)