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Karataus exilis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae

Taxonomy
Karataus exilis was named by Zhang et al. (2014). Its type specimen is NIGP 161236, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Karataus exilis Zhang et al. p. 281 figs. 3A-C, 4A,B
2016Karataus exilis Ding et al. p. 91 figs. 1C,D, 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
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyStephanoideaLeach 1815
familyEphialtitidae
subfamilySymphytopterinae
genusKarataus
speciesexilis

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.

Karataus exilis Zhang et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available