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Potrerillopanorpa macloughlini

Insecta - Mecoptera - Parachoristidae

Taxonomy
Potrerillopanorpa macloughlini was named by Lara and Bashkuev (2020) [Forewing length, as preserved, 6.51 mm, indicating a whole wing length at least 9 mm; maximal width 3.41 mm.]. Its type specimen is IANIGLA-PI 1060a-b, a forewing (incomplete forewing; only distal half of wing is preserved, with apex and part of anterior margin with most of the pterostigma missing; counterpart is preserved), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Quebrada del Durazno, Cerro Cacheuta (IANIGLA collection), which is in a Carnian lacustrine delta plain shale in the Potrerillos Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Potrerillopanorpa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Potrerillopanorpa macloughlini Lara and Bashkuev pp. 162-163 figs. Plate 5, Figs 1– 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderMecopteraPackard 1886
suborderEumecopteraTillyard 1919
familyParachoristidae
genusPotrerillopanorpa
speciesmacloughlini

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.

Potrerillopanorpa macloughlini Lara and Bashkuev 2020
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M.B. Lara and A. Bashkuev 2020Costal plus subcostal space moderately expanded, Sc with at least one long oblique anterior branch (Sc2), reaching costal margin. RS with six endings, RS1 + 2 evenly pectinate with three endings, RS3 + 4
with three endings, with deep extra fork on RS4. MP seven-branched with equally deep forks on M1, M2 and M4.
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: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Argentina Potrerillopanorpa macloughlini (type locality: 177538)