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Ophrynopus peritus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Orussidae

Taxonomy
Ophrynopus peritus was named by Engel (2008). Its type specimen is MACT-2524, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Morone Amber Collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Ophrynopus peritus Engel p. 40 fig. 1,2
2010Ophrynopus peritus Taeger et al. p. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
superfamilyOrussoidea
familyOrussidae
subfamilyOphrynopinae
genusOphrynopusKonow 1897
speciesperitus

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.

†Ophrynopus peritus Engel 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available