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Megalopteroneura chenxingi

Insecta - Neuroptera - Corydasialidae

Taxonomy
Megalopteroneura chenxingi was named by Liu et al. (2016). Its type specimen is EMTG BU-001023, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (EMTG collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Megalopteroneura.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Megalopteroneura chenxingi Liu et al. p. 574 figs. 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
Metaxyneuroptera
Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
Euneuroptera
Neoneuroptera
superfamilyHemerobioidea
familyCorydasialidae
genusMegalopteroneura
specieschenxingi

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.

Megalopteroneura chenxingi Liu et al. 2016
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Megalopteroneura chenxingi (type locality: 178121)