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Juraxymyia fossilis

Insecta - Diptera - Axymyiidae

Taxonomy
Psocites fossilis was named by Zhang (2004). Its type specimen is DHG200046, an exoskeleton (nearly complete female adult, dorso-ventral aspect), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China. It is the type species of Juraxymyia.

It was recombined as Juraxymyia fossilis by Zhang (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Psocites fossilis Zhang p. 692 figs. 2(c,d), 5
2009Crenoptychoptera vicina Hao et al. p. 108 fig. 5,6
2010Juraxymyia fossilis Zhang p. 461 figs. 2F,G, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderAxymyiomorpha
familyAxymyiidaeShannon 1921
genusJuraxymyia
speciesfossilis()

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.

†Juraxymyia fossilis Zhang 2004
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Invalid names: Crenoptychoptera vicina Hao et al. 2009 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available