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Ovisargus (Ovisargus) singulus

Insecta - Diptera - Archisargidae

Taxonomy
Ovisargus (Ovisargus) singulus was named by Zhang (2014). Its type specimen is NIGP DHG201306, 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.

It was recombined as Ovisargus singulus by Grimaldi and Barden (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Ovisargus (Ovisargus) singulus Zhang p. 867 figs. 11-13
2016Ovisargus singulus Grimaldi and Barden p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
superfamilyArchisargoidea
familyArchisargidae
subfamilyArchisarginae
genusOvisargus
subgenusOvisargus
speciessingulus

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.

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Diagnosis
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