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Sargus vetus

Insecta - Diptera - Stratiomyidae

Taxonomy
Sargus vetus was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is 3; Pl 8 fig 3, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is White River (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Sargus vetus Cockerell p. 32 figs. Pl 8, fig. 3.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Homeodactyla
infraorderStratiomyomorpha
familyStratiomyidae()
genusSargus
speciesvetus

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.

Sargus vetus Cockerell 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available