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Hypocera electra

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Taxonomy
Chaetocnemistoptera electra was named by Brues (1939). Its type specimen is MCZ 7869, 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 Chaetopleurophora electra by Brown (1999); it was recombined as Hypocera electra by Brown (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Chaetocnemistoptera electra Brues p. 419 fig. 2
1999Chaetopleurophora electra Brown
2007Hypocera electra Brown p. 108 figs. 4-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
RankNameAuthor
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
superfamilyPlatypezoideaFallen 1815
familyPhoridae
Euphorida
Neophorida
subfamilyPhorinae
genusHypoceraLioy 1864
specieselectra()

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.

Hypocera electra Brues 1939
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Hypocera electra (123419 124765)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Chaetocnemistoptera electra (type locality: 124205)