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Agetopanorpa similis

Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae

Taxonomy
Agetochoristella similis was named by Riek (1973). Its type specimen is N-MN2ab, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mooi River Locality, which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in South Africa.

It was recombined as Agetopanorpa similis by Novokshonov (1997); it was recombined as Agetochorista similis by van Dijk and Geertsema (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Agetochoristella similis Riek p. 531 figs. 15; Pl 2 fig 7
1978Agetochoristella similis Willmann p. 26
1997Agetopanorpa similis Novokshonov p. 48
1999Agetochorista similis van Dijk and Geertsema p. 141

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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
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
familyPermochoristidae
subfamilyAgetopanorpinae()
genusAgetopanorpa
speciessimilis()

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.

Agetopanorpa similis Riek 1973
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Diagnosis
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