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Chaoborus rarus

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Taxonomy
Chaoborus rarus was named by Seredszus and Wichard (2009). Its type specimen is Hoffeins 933-1, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Chaoborus rarus Seredszus and Wichard p. 184 fig. 10.16
2014Chaoborus rarus Borkent p. 482

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyChaoboridaeEdwards 1920
subfamilyChaoborinaeEdwards 1920
genusChaoborus
speciesrarus

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.

†Chaoborus rarus Seredszus and Wichard 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available