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Xyelyda excellens

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelydidae

Taxonomy
Xyelyda excellens was named by Rasnitsyn (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 2066/3332, a wing (isolated fore and hindwing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2066), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Xyelyda.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Xyelyda excellens Rasnitsyn p. 193 figs. Pl 23, fig 1; text-fig 2
2010Xyelyda excellens Taeger et al. p. 94
2014Xyelyda excellens Wang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
superfamilyPamphilioidea
familyXyelydidae
genusXyelyda
speciesexcellens

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.

Xyelyda excellens Rasnitsyn 1968
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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Xyelyda excellens (type locality: 105971)