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Benoibates chiapasensis

Arachnida - Acariformes - Oripodidae

Taxonomy
Exoripoda chiapasensis was named by Woolley (1971). Its type specimen is UCMP 13530, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is UCMP B-7047, Simojovel, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in the Mazantic Shale Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Benoibates chiapasensis by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Exoripoda chiapasensis Woolley p. 94 fig. 5
2013Benoibates chiapasensis Dunlop et al. p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderAcariformes(Zakhvatkin 1952)
suborderSarcoptiformesReuter 1909
infraorderOribatidaDugès 1834
BrachypylinaHull 1918
superfamilyOripodoideaJacot 1925
familyOripodidaeJacot 1925
genusBenoibatesBalogh 1958
specieschiapasensis()

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.

Benoibates chiapasensis Woolley 1971
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Diagnosis
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