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Platyxyela unica

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae

Taxonomy
Platyxyela unica was named by Wang et al. (2012). Its type specimen is CNU-HYM-NN-2012100, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2012 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China. It is the type species of Platyxyela.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Platyxyela unica Wang et al. p. 84 figs. 1-3

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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
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
superfamilyXyeloidea
familyXyelidae
subfamilyXyelinae
tribeLiadoxyelini
genusPlatyxyela
speciesunica

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.

Platyxyela unica Wang et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
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