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Mantispidiptera enigmatica

Insecta - Neuroptera - Dipteromantispidae

Taxonomy
Mantispidiptera enigmatica was named by Grimaldi (2000). Its type specimen is AMNH NJ-160, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey. It is the type species of Mantispidiptera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Mantispidiptera enigmatica Grimaldi p. 270 figs. 12,14,22e-f

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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
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
Metaxyneuroptera
Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
familyDipteromantispidae
genusMantispidiptera
speciesenigmatica

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.

Mantispidiptera enigmatica Grimaldi 2000
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Diagnosis
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