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Aenigmatias tertiarius

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Taxonomy

Protoplatyphora tertiaria was named by Brues (1939). Its type specimen is MCZ 8123, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Aenigmatias tertiarius by Brown (2016).

Synonyms

Protophorites fimbriatus was named by Brues (1939). Its type specimen is MCZ 8121, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was synonymized subjectively with Protoplatyphora tertiaria by Brown (1999); it was synonymized subjectively with Aenigmatias tertiarius by Brown (2016).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1939	Protophorites fimbriatus Brues p. 430
1939	Protoplatyphora tertiaria Brues p. 432 fig. 6
2016	Aenigmatias tertiarius Brown p. 279 fig. 3B,C

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
order	Diptera

Rank	Name	Author
—	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994
suborder	Brachycera	Zetterstedt 1842
—	Heterodactyla
—	Eremoneura
suborder	Cyclorrhapha	()
superfamily	Platypezoidea	Fallen 1815
family	Phoridae
genus	Aenigmatias	Meinert 1890
species	tertiarius	()

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.

†Aenigmatias tertiarius Brues 1939

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Invalid names: Protophorites fimbriatus Brues 1939 [synonym]

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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Protoplatyphora tertiaria, Protophorites fimbriatus (type locality: 124205)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation	Aenigmatias tertiarius (124765)