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Sphingidites

Description

Sphingidites is an extinct and monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae. Its only species is Sphingidites weidneri. It is a compression fossil of a prepupal larva. Both the genus and species were first described by Kurt Kernbach in 1967. The fossil was found at Willershausen clay pit in Germany and it was dated to the Pliocene.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1862679https://www.gbif.org/species/1862679
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)136350https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=136350
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Lepidoptera : Sphingidae : Sphingidites
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
orderLepidopteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderGlossataFabricius 1775
-CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
-MyoglossataKristensen and Nielsen 1981
-NeolepidopteraPackard 1895
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
-EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
-DitrysiaBorner 1925
-ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
-ObtectomeraMinet 1986
-MacroheteroceraChapman 1893
superfamilyBombycoideaLatreille 1802
familySphingidaeLatreille 1802
genusSphingiditesKernbach 1967
Scientific NameSphingidites Kernbach, 1967
Name Published InBer. Naturhist. Ges. Hannover 111
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sphingiditesgenusbelongs to Ditrysiastated without evidenceCarpenter, 1992
Sphingiditesgenusbelongs to Sphingidaestated with evidenceSohn et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K. Kernbach. 1967. Über die bisher im Pliozän von Willershausen gefundenen Schmetterlings und Raupenreste. Bericht der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover 111:103-106
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidites

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sphingidites weidneri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
13.60 Ma
Pliocene
3.60 Ma
Pliocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1967Sphingidites Kernbach p. 108
1992Sphingidites Carpenter
2012Sphingidites Sohn et al. p. 755

References

Kernbach K. (1967) Über die bisher im Pliozän von Willershausen gefundenen Schmetterlings und Raupenreste, Bericht der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover 111, 103-106
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Sohn J. C., Labandeira C., et al (2012) An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world, Zootaxa 3286, 1-132
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
CoL2006/LepIndex - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Ber. Naturhist. Ges. Hannover 111 - 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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