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Choristopsyche tenuinervis

Insecta - Mecoptera - Choristopsychidae

Taxonomy
Choristopsyche tenuinervis was named by Martynov (1937). Its type specimen is PIN 53/12, a forewing (whole impression), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Shurab II, Ditch 63(8) (PIN collection 53, which is in a Toarcian terrestrial horizon in the Sulyukta Formation of Kyrgyzstan. It is the type species of Choristopsyche.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Choristopsyche tenuinervis Martynov p. 26 figs. Fig 12; Pl II fig 3
1978Choristopsyche tenuinervis Willmann p. 63
2013Choristopsyche tenuinervis Qiao et al. p. 93 fig. 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familyChoristopsychidae
genusChoristopsyche
speciestenuinervis

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.

Choristopsyche tenuinervis Martynov 1937
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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: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Oxfordian or 182.70000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Kyrgyzstan Choristopsyche tenuinervis (type locality: 114702)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Choristopsyche tenuinervis (113365 117610)