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Gigantotermes excelsus

Insecta - Neuroptera

Taxonomy
Apochrysa excelsa was named by Oppenheim (1888). Its type specimen is JME AS I 1028 1095-1 Nr 1, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Jura Museum JME and Kümpel collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hagen (1862); it was recombined as Gigantotermes excelsus by Haase (1890), Handlirsch (1906), Carpenter (1932), Martynova (1949) and Ponomarenko (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Apochrysa excelsa Oppenheim p. 227 figs. Pl 30, fig 1
1890Gigantotermes excelsus Haase p. 12
1897Apochrysa excelsa Meunier figs. Pl 8, fig 12
1906Gigantotermes excelsus Handlirsch p. 610 figs. Pl XLVIII fig 11
1932Gigantotermes excelsus Carpenter p. 122
1949Gigantotermes excelsus Martynova
2003Gigantotermes excelsus Ponomarenko p. 92 figs. 10-11

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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
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
genusGigantotermes
speciesexcelsus()

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.

†Gigantotermes excelsus Oppenheim 1888
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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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Gigantotermes excelsus (139876)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Apochrysa excelsa (123985 type locality: 139551) Gigantotermes excelsus (123144)