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Dicranomyia stigmosa

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Dicranomyia stigmosa was named by Scudder (1877). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Cañon, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah.

Synonyms
  • Tipula tecta was named by Scudder (1877). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Cañon, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Dicranomyia stigmosa by Scudder (1894).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Dicranomyia stigmosa Scudder p. 746
1877Tipula tecta Scudder p. 752
1890Dicranomyia stigmosa Scudder p. 568 figs. Pl 5 figs 16, 17, 25-27, 42, 43, 68, 69
1890Tipula tecta Scudder p. 577 figs. Pl 5 figs 46, 47
1894Dicranomyia stigmosa Scudder p. 199

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyLimoniinae
genusDicranomyia
speciesstigmosa

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.

†Dicranomyia stigmosa Scudder 1877
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Invalid names: Tipula tecta Scudder 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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