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Megathon zwicki

Insecta - Diptera - Blephariceridae

Taxonomy
Megathon zwicki was named by Lukashevich and Shcherbakov (1997). Its type specimen is PIN 3901/326, an exoskeleton (female fly), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Obeshchayushchiy (PIN collection 3901), which is in a Campanian lacustrine - small mudstone in the Ola Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Megathon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Megathon zwicki Lukashevich and Shcherbakov p. 642 figs. 1-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderBlephariceromorpha
familyBlephariceridaeLoew 1862
subfamilyBlepharicerinaeLoew 1862
tribeBlepharicerini
genusMegathon
specieszwicki

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.

†Megathon zwicki Lukashevich and Shcherbakov 1997
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Diagnosis
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