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Electrobata myrmecia

Insecta - Diptera - Micropezidae

Taxonomy
Electrobata myrmecia was named by Hennig (1965). Its type specimen is SMF 19114, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Senckenberg Frankfurt (SMF) collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Electrobata.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Electrobata myrmecia Hennig p. 48 figs. 31-37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
RankNameAuthor
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
Schizophora
AcalyptrataeMacquart 1835
superfamilyNerioidea
familyMicropezidae
genusElectrobata
speciesmyrmecia

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.

Electrobata myrmecia Hennig 1965
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Electrobata myrmecia (123926 type locality: 123928)