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Pseudojantaropterix lebani

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Taxonomy
Jantaropterix lebani was named by Vršanský and Grimaldi (2003). Its type specimen is Private Acra collection, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Jezzine (BMNH collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Pseudojantaropterix lebani by Gorochov (2006) and Sendi et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Jantaropterix lebani Vršanský and Grimaldi p. 29 fig. 79
2006Pseudojantaropterix lebani Gorochov p. 653
2023Pseudojantaropterix lebani Sendi et al. p. 1503 figs. 56-59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderAlienoptera
familyUmenocoleidae
genusPseudojantaropterix
specieslebani()

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.

Pseudojantaropterix lebani Vršanský and Grimaldi 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinf
Form: inflated sheetf
Ontogeny: moltingf
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: fast-movingf
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2013-02-02 05:47:31
Modified: 2013-02-01 12:47:31
Source: f = family
Reference: Vršanský 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon Jantaropterix lebani (122359 type locality: 123001) Pseudojantaropterix lebani (122471)