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Litoleptis

Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae

Taxonomy
Litoleptis was named by Chillcott (1963). It is extant.

It was assigned to Spaniidae by Arillo et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Litoleptis Chillcott
2009Litoleptis Arillo et al. p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Homeodactyla
infraorderTabanomorphaHennig 1948
familyRhagionidae()
subfamilySpaniinaeFrey 1954
genusLitoleptisChillcott 1963

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. Litoleptis Chillcott 1963
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Litoleptis araeostylus Greenwalt 2019
Litoleptis fossilis Arillo et al. 2009
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Lutetian or 105.30000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Aragón) L. fossilis (91626)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) L. araeostylus (135666)