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Corynocera duffi

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Taxonomy
Dryadotanytarsus duffi was named by Deevey (1955). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pyramid Valley, section III, 20 cm, which is in a Holocene mire/swamp claystone in New Zealand.

It was recombined as Corynocera duffi by Evenhuis (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Dryadotanytarsus duffi Deevey p. 313 figs. 19, 21, 22
1994Corynocera duffi Evenhuis

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyChironomidaeMacquart 1838
genusCorynocera
speciesduffi()

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.

Corynocera duffi Deevey 1955
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Diagnosis
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