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Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) indica

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) indica was named by Kania et al. (2018). Its type specimen is BSIP Val-3.1, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Cambay amber, Valia lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) indica Kania et al. p. 264 figs. 2-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyLimoniinae
genusDicranomyia
subgenusDicranomyia
speciesindica

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.

†Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) indica Kania et al. 2018
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Dicranomyia indica (type locality: 183742)