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Prohesperinus defectivus

Insecta - Diptera - Pleciofungivoridae

Taxonomy
Rhaetofungivorodes defectivus was named by Rohdendorf (1962). Its type specimen is PIN 371/913, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ak-Bulak-Say, Sogjuta, Issyk-Kul (PIN Collection 371), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Dzhil Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

It was recombined as Prohesperinus defectivus by Archibald et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Rhaetofungivorodes defectivus Rohdendorf p. 320 fig. 1015
1964Rhaetofungivorodes defectivus Rohdendorf p. 175 fig. 63
2014Prohesperinus defectivus Archibald et al. p. 97

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyAnisopodoidea
familyPleciofungivoridae
genusProhesperinus
speciesdefectivus()

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.

Prohesperinus defectivus Rohdendorf 1962
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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: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy) Rhaetofungivorodes defectivus (type locality: 105087)