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Ovisargus eucalla

Insecta - Diptera - Archisargidae

Taxonomy
Helempis eucalla was named by Ren (1998). Its type specimen is GMCB LB97025, 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 eucalla by Zhang (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Helempis eucalla Ren p. 80 figs. 23; pl 4, fig 3
2012Ovisargus eucalla Zhang p. 73
2016Helempis eucalla 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
specieseucalla()

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.

Ovisargus eucalla Ren 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available