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Orentalphila

Insecta - Diptera - Mesosciophilidae

Taxonomy
Orentalphila was named by Lin et al. (2015). Its type is Orentalphila gravia.

It was assigned to Mesosciophilidae by Lin et al. (2015).

Species
O. caloa, O. gravia (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Orentalphila Lin et al. p. 90

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
familyMesosciophilidae()
genusOrentalphila

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.

G. †Orentalphila Lin et al. 2015
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Orentalphila caloa Lin et al. 2015
Orentalphila gravia Lin et al. 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) O. gravia, O. caloa (153157)