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Ptychopteropsis mirabilis

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Taxonomy
Ptychopteropsis mirabilis was named by Martynov (1937). Its type specimen is PIN 976/10, a forewing (anal region & 3 branches of M not preserved), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Shurab II, Ditch 63 (TSNIGRI collection 976), which is in a Toarcian terrestrial horizon in the Sulyukta Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Ptychopteropsis mirabilis Martynov p. 35 figs. Fig 16; Pl II fig 5
1978Ptychopteropsis mirabilis Willmann p. 101
2016Ptychopteropsis mirabilis Lin et al. p. 3

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

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.

Ptychopteropsis mirabilis 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Toarcian or 182.70000 to 174.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Kyrgyzstan Ptychopteropsis mirabilis (type locality: 114703)