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Megura magnifica

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Siricidae

Taxonomy
Megura magnifica was named by Rasnitsyn (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 2554/1298, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2554), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Megura.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Megura magnifica Rasnitsyn p. 215 figs. Pl 24, fig 8; text-fig 22
2010Megura magnifica Taeger et al. p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
superfamilySiricoidea
familySiricidae()
subfamilyAuliscinae
genusMegura
speciesmagnifica

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.

Megura magnifica Rasnitsyn 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available