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Maksika

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Taxonomy
Maksika was named by Mostovski (1999). Its type is Maksika dvija.

It was assigned to Prioriphorinae by Mostovski (1999).

Species
M. dvija (type species), M. intermedia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Maksika Mostovski p. 236

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
superfamilyPlatypezoideaFallen 1815
familyPhoridae
subfamilyPrioriphorinae
genusMaksika

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.

G. †Maksika Mostovski 1999
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Maksika dvija Mostovski 1999
Maksika intermedia Brown and Pike 1990
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. B. Mostovski 1999First flagellomere enlarged. irregular triangular or elongate. Mesopleuron bare Mid femora without any bristles Mid and hind tibiae with bristles at mldlength. C-index 0.6-0.64
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation M. dvija (122590)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Manitoba) Prioriphora intermedia (122354)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Prioriphora intermedia (122388)