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Archisyrphus opacus

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy
Archisyrphus opacus was named by Hull (1960). Its type specimen is UMMP 25984, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Peterson Creek, Ruby River Basin, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large shale in Montana. It is the type species of Archisyrphus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Archisyrphus opacus Hull p. 270 figs. Pl 1, fig A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
familySyrphidae()
genusArchisyrphus
speciesopacus

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.

†Archisyrphus opacus Hull 1960
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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: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Montana) Archisyrphus opacus (type locality: 132747)