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Eoptychopterina demissa

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Taxonomy
Eoptychopterina demissa was named by Lukashevich et al. (2001). Its type specimen is MNEMG 1998.16, a wing (complete isolated wing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (MNEMG collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal siliciclastic in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Eoptychopterina demissa Lukashevich et al. p. 454 figs. 4A, B
2004Eoptychopterina demissa Lukashevich p. 305 fig. 6a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderPtychopteromorpha
familyPtychopteridaeOsten-Sacken 1862
subfamilyEoptychopterinae
genusEoptychopterina
speciesdemissa

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.

Eoptychopterina demissa Lukashevich et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
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