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Tachinymphes ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4683968	https://www.gbif.org/species/4683968
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	211940	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=211940

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Neuroptera : Mesochrysopidae : Tachinymphes

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	Mesochrysopidae	Handlirsch 1906
genus	Tachinymphes	Ponomarenko 1992

Scientific Name

Tachinymphes Ponomarenko, 1992

Name Published In

Paleontol Zh 1992 (3)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Tachinymphes	genus	belongs to Myrmeleontoidea	stated with evidence	Ponomarenko, 1992
Tachinymphes	genus	belongs to Mesochrysopidae	stated with evidence	Makarkin and Menon, 2005
Tachinymphes	genus	belongs to Tachinymphidae	stated with evidence	Nel et al., 2005
Tachinymphes	genus	belongs to Mesochrysopidae	stated with evidence	Makarkin et al., 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. G. Ponomarenko. 1992. Neuroptera (Insecta) from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaykalia. Paleontological Journal 26(3):56-66

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Siniphes delicatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tachinymphes ascalaphoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tachinymphes delicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tachinymphes magnifica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tachinymphes magnificus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tachinymphes paicheleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tachinymphes penalveri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1992	Tachinymphes Ponomarenko p. 64
2002	Siniphes Ren and Yin p. 269
2005	Siniphes Makarkin and Menon p. 804
2005	Tachinymphes Makarkin and Menon p. 804
2005	Tachinymphes Nel et al. p. 45
2012	Tachinymphes Makarkin et al. p. 58

References

Ponomarenko A. G. (1992) Neuroptera (Insecta) from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaykalia, Paleontological Journal 26 3, 56-66

Ren D., Yin J. C. (2002) A new genus and new species of lacewings in the Jurassic of China (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea), Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 27, 269-273

Makarkin V. N., Menon F. (2005) New species of the Mesochrysopidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil (Lower Cretaceous), with taxonomic treatment of the family, Cretaceous Research 26, 801-812

Nel A., Delclos X., et al (2005) Mesozoic chrysopid-like Planipennia: a phylogenetic approach (Insecta: Neuroptera), Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 41, 29-69

Makarkin V. N., Yang Q., et al (2012) A comparative overview of the neuropteran assemblage of the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (China), with description of a new genus of Psychopsidae (Insecta: Neuroptera), Cretaceous Research 35, 57-68

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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

Paleontol Zh 1992 (3) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - 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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