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Mycetophila amoena

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Taxonomy
Mycetophila amoena was named by Heer (1849). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Radoboj (K.K. Montanistischen Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Mycetophila amoena Heer p. 203 figs. Pl 15, fig 14
1909Mycetophila amoena Johannsen p. 116
2021Mycetophila amoena Oliveira and Amorim p. 106

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
subfamilyMycetophilinae
tribeMycetophilini
genusMycetophila
speciesamoena

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.

Mycetophila amoena Heer 1849
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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: Sarmatian or 12.70000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Mycetophila amoena (type locality: 117761)