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Aphrophora molassica

Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae

Taxonomy
Aphrophora molassica was named by Heer (1853). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Greith coal mine, Hohenrhone, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-lacustrine marl in Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Aphrophora molassica Heer p. 107 figs. Pl 12, fig 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderAuchenorrhyncha()
infraorderCicadomorphaEvans 1946
superfamilyCercopoideaLeach 1815
familyAphrophoridae()
subfamilyAphrophorinae
tribeAphrophorini
genusAphrophora
speciesmolassica

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.

†Aphrophora molassica Heer 1853
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available