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Protoplecia liasina

Insecta - Diptera - Protopleciidae

Taxonomy
Macropeza liasina was named by Geinitz (1884). Its type specimen is GPI EMAU 119/12, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.

It was recombined as Protoplecia liasina by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1939) and Ansorge (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Macropeza liasina Geinitz p. 582 figs. Pl 13, fig 27
1906Protoplecia liasina Handlirsch p. 488 figs. Pl XLIII fig 2
1939Protoplecia liasina Handlirsch p. 104
1996Protoplecia liasina Ansorge p. 92 figs. 74; Pl 16 fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
superfamilyMycetophiloidea
familyProtopleciidae
genusProtoplecia
speciesliasina()

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.

Protoplecia liasina Geinitz 1884
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Protoplecia liasina (114993)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Macropeza liasina (type locality: 123987)