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Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)222682https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=222682
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Ceratopogonidae : Brachypogon : Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-Mecopterida
superorderAntliophora
orderDipteraLinnaeus 1758
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidaeNewman 1834
subfamilyCeratopogoninaeNewman 1834
tribeCeratopogoniniNewman 1834
genusBrachypogonKieffer 1899
subgenusBrachypogon (Brachypogon)Kieffer 1899
speciesBrachypogon (Brachypogon) americanusSzadziewski and Grogan 1998
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanusspeciesbelongs to Brachypogon (Brachypogon)stated with evidenceSzadziewski and Grogan, 1998
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Szadziewski and W. L. Grogan. 1998. Biting midges from Dominican amber. III. Species of the tribes Culicoidini and Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insecta Mundi 12:39-52

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1998Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus Szadziewski and Grogan p. 42 figs. 17-20
2013Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus Borkent p. 113

References

Szadziewski R., Grogan W. L. (1998) Biting midges from Dominican amber. III. Species of the tribes Culicoidini and Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Insecta Mundi 12, 39-52
Borkent A. (2013) , World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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