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Drepanepteryx

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2102878	https://www.gbif.org/species/2102878
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	230369	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=230369

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Neuroptera : Hemerobiidae : Drepanepteryx

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
-	Aparaglossata
superorder	Neuropterida
-	Eidoneuroptera	Engel et al. 2018
order	Neuroptera	Linnaeus 1758
-	Euneuroptera	Engel et al. 2018
-	Neoneuroptera	Engel et al. 2018
superfamily	Hemerobioidea	Latreille 1802
family	Hemerobiidae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Drepanepteryginae	Krüger 1922
genus	Drepanepteryx	Leach 1815

Scientific Name

Drepanepteryx Leach, 1815

Name Published In

Brewster's Edin. Ency., 9 (1)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Drepanepteryx	genus	belongs to Hemerobiidae	stated with evidence	Makarkin, 1991
Drepanepteryx	genus	belongs to Drepanepteryginae	stated with evidence	Makarkin et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (25%)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

V. N. Makarkin. 1991. Miocene insects (Neuroptera) from the northern Caucasus and Sikhote-Alin. Paleontological Journal 25(1):55-65

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Drepanepteryx algida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Drepanepteryx calida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Drepanepteryx falculoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Drepanepteryx fuscata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Drepanepteryx oedobia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Drepanepteryx phalaenoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Drepanepteryx punctata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Drepanepteryx ramosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Drepanepteryx resinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Drepanopteryx Burmeister, 1839	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Neuroptera : Hemerobiidae : *Drepanopteryx*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1815	Drepanepteryx Leach
1923	Prophlebonema Krüger p. 85
1991	Drepanepteryx Makarkin p. 57
1991	Drepanepteryx Nel p. 344
1992	Prophlebonema Carpenter
2016	Drepanepteryx Makarkin et al. p. 363

References

Makarkin V. N. (1991) Miocene insects (Neuroptera) from the northern Caucasus and Sikhote-Alin, Paleontological Journal 25 1, 55-65

Krüger L. (1923) Neuroptera succinica baltica. Die im baltischen Bernstein eingeschlossenen Neuropteren des Westpreußischen Provinzial-Museums (heute Museum für Naturkunde und Vorgeschichte) in Danzig, Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 84, 68-92

Nel A. (1991) Nouveaux insectes neuroptéroïdes fossiles de l'Oligocène de France (Neuroptera et Megaloptera), Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section C, Sciences de la Terre, Paléontologie, Géologie, Minérologie 12, 327-349

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

Makarkin V. N., Wedmann S., et al (2016) A new genus of Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from Baltic amber, with a critical review of the Cenozoic Megalomus-like taxa and remarks on the wing venation variability of the family, Zootaxa 4179, 345-370

Bergsten, J. (2002) Neuroptera. Sveriges Entomologiska Förening (sef.nu/insektsguiden). - 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

Brewster's Edin. Ency., 9 (1) - 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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