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Meropeidae (earwigfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Meropeidae

Taxonomy
Meropeidae was named by Handlirsch (1906). It is extant.

It was assigned to Protomecoptera by Rasnitsyn (1974); and to Meropomorpha by Willmann (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Meropeidae Handlirsch
1974Meropeidae Rasnitsyn
1987Meropeidae Willmann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderPistillifera
infraorderOpisthogonopora
Meropomorpha
familyMeropeidaeHandlirsch 1906
familyMeropeidaeHandlirsch 1906

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.

Fm. Meropeidae Handlirsch 1906 [earwigfly]
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Subfm. †Boreomeropeinae Soszyńska-Maj and Krzemiński 2017
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G. †Boreomerope Novokshonov 1995
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Boreomerope antiqua Novokshonov 1995
Subfm. †Burmomeropeinae Soszyńska-Maj and Krzemiński 2017
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G. †Burmomerope Grimaldi and Engel 2013
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Burmomerope bashkuevi Sun et al. 2020
Burmomerope clara Zhao and Wang 2016
Burmomerope eureka Grimaldi and Engel 2013
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 170.30000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Boreomerope antiqua (118010)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Burmomerope clara (172900 187929) Burmomerope clara, Burmomerope bashkuevi (161726)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) Burmomerope eureka (123113)