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Mesosolva sinensis

Insecta - Diptera - Archisargidae

Taxonomy
Mesosolva sinensis was named by Zhang et al. (2010). Its type specimen is CNU-DIB-NN2008005, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Mesosolva sinensis Zhang et al. p. 76 fig. 1,2
2010Mesosolva jurassica Zhang et al. p. 77 figs. 3-6
2012Mesosolva sinensis Zhang p. 68 figs. 6A-C
2014Mesosolva sinensis Zhang p. 863
2016Mesosolva jurassica Grimaldi and Barden p. 26
2016Mesosolva sinensis 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
genusMesosolva
speciessinensis

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.

†Mesosolva sinensis Zhang et al. 2010
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Invalid names: Mesosolva jurassica Zhang et al. 2010 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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