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Orthopelma

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1302688	https://www.gbif.org/species/1302688
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	141386	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=141386

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Ichneumonidae : Orthopelma

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
order	Hymenoptera	Linnaeus 1758
-	Unicalcarida	Schulmeister et al. 2002
suborder	Vespina
suborder	Apocrita	Gerstaecker 1867
superfamily	Ichneumonoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Ichneumonidae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Orthopelmatinae
genus	Orthopelma	Taschenberg 1865

Scientific Name

Orthopelma Taschenberg, 1865

Name Published In

Z. Naturw., 25, 8

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Orthopelma	genus	belongs to Ophioninae	stated with evidence	Statz, 1936
Orthopelma	genus	belongs to Ichneumonidae	stated without evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Orthopelma	genus	belongs to Orthopelmatinae	stated with evidence	Wahl, 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4:1-655

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Orthopelma bimaculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthopelma brevicorne species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthopelma californicum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthopelma colordense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthopelma curvitibiale species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthopelma curvitibialis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Orthopelma erythropa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthopelma japonicum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthopelma mediator species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthopelma occidentale species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthopelma ovale species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthopelma simile species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthopelma superbum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Ortopelma Möller, 1882	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Ichneumonidae : *Ortopelma*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1865	Orthopelma Taschenberg p. 137
1936	Orthopelma Statz p. 272
1992	Orthopelma Carpenter
2014	Orthopelma Wahl

References

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655

Statz G. (1936) Ueber alte und neue fossile Hymenopterenfunde aus den Tertiaren Ablagerungen von Rott am Siebengebirge, Decheniana 93, 256-312

Wahl D. (2014) , Genera Ichneumonorum Nearcticae. 2014 (and updates). Version: 2014.09.16

Forshage (2009) Ichneumonidae - Utdrag ur egen Hymenoptera-lista (excel-fil 2009-08-09) - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Z. Naturw., 25, 8 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Wahl, 1999 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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