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Metabolarva bella

Insecta

Taxonomy
Metabolarva bella was named by Kirejtshuk et al. (2013). Its type specimen is MAS Pal 588, a nymph, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Piesberg quarry, "Flöz Zweibänke" (Museum am Schölerberg coll), which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D lacustrine deltaic claystone in the Flöz Zweibänke Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Metabolarva.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Metabolarva bella Kirejtshuk et al. p. 257 figs. 2a,b, S4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
genusMetabolarva
speciesbella

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.

†Metabolarva bella Kirejtshuk et al. 2013
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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: base of the Westphalian C to the top of the Westphalian D or 314.60000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5Germany (Lower Saxony) Metabolarva bella (type locality: 122514)