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Ovisargus (Helempis) yixianensis

Insecta - Diptera - Archisargidae

Taxonomy
Helempis yixianensis was named by Ren (1998). Its type specimen is GMCB LB97024, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Near Chaomidian Village (GMC Beijing coll), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

It was recombined as Ovisargus yixianensis by Zhang (2012); it was recombined as Ovisargus (Helempis) yixianensis by Zhang (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Helempis yixianensis Ren p. 80 figs. 22; pl 4, fig 5
2012Ovisargus yixianensis Zhang p. 73 fig. 10
2014Ovisargus (Helempis) yixianensis Zhang
2016Helempis yixianensis Grimaldi and Barden p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
superfamilyArchisargoidea
familyArchisargidae
subfamilyArchisarginae
genusOvisargus
subgenusHelempis()
speciesyixianensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
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