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Mesochaoborus zhangshanyingensis

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Taxonomy
Leptoplecia zhangshanyingensis was named by Hong (1984). It is an impression. Its type locality is Houshan, Zhangsanying, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Mesochaoborus.

It was recombined as Mesochaoborus zhangshanyingensis by Zhang et al. (1986) and Borkent (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Leptoplecia zhangshanyingensis Hong p. 177 figs. Pl 78, fig 4; text-fig 52
1986Mesochaoborus zhangshanyingensis Zhang et al. p. 21 figs. Pl 2, fig 8; text-figs 5,6
2014Mesochaoborus zhangshanyingensis Borkent p. 485

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyChaoboridaeEdwards 1920
genusMesochaoborus
specieszhangshanyingensis()

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Aptian or 130.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Hebei) Leptoplecia zhangshanyingensis (type locality: 155168)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Shandong) Mesochaoborus zhangshanyingensis (125196)