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Delphax veterum

Insecta - Hemiptera - Delphacidae

Taxonomy
Delphax veterum was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is USNM 66926, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is USGS 17-3; Smith's Ranch, in the vicinity of Cathedral Bluffs, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Delphax veterum Cockerell p. 34 figs. 7; Pl 8, fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
HemelytrataFallen 1829
suborderFulgoromorpha(Evans 1946)
informalEucixioidian
superfamilyDelphacoidea
familyDelphacidae
subfamilyDelphacinae
tribeDelphacini
genusDelphax
speciesveterum

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.

Delphax veterum Cockerell 1921
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Colorado) Delphax veterum (105004)