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Dohrniphora mexicana

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Taxonomy
Dohrniphora mexicana was named by Solórzano Kraemer and Brown (2018). Its type specimen is SMF Be 2524a, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Rio Salado, Totolapa, Mexican amber (SMF coll.), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Dohrniphora mexicana Solórzano Kraemer and Brown p. 302 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
superfamilyPlatypezoideaFallen 1815
familyPhoridae
genusDohrniphoraDahl 1898
speciesmexicana

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.

Dohrniphora mexicana Solórzano Kraemer and Brown 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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Dohrniphora mexicana (type locality: 178482)