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Izleiina mirifica

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Taxonomy
Izleiina mirifica was named by Blagoderov and Grimaldi (2004). Its type specimen is PIN 3130/187, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3130), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Izleiina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Izleiina mirifica Blagoderov and Grimaldi p. 41 figs. 52-54; pl 5F
2021Izleiina mirifica Oliveira and Amorim p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
subfamilyTetragoneurinae
genusIzleiina
speciesmirifica

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.

Izleiina mirifica Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation Izleiina mirifica (type locality: 122590)