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Nilionympha ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4803917https://www.gbif.org/species/4803917
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)212067https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=212067
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Neuroptera : Osmylidae : Nilionympha
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
superorderNeuropterida
-EidoneuropteraEngel et al. 2018
orderNeuropteraLinnaeus 1758
-EuneuropteraEngel et al. 2018
superfamilyOsmyloideaLeach 1815
familyOsmylidaeLeach 1815
subfamilyGumillinaeNavas 1912
genusNilionymphaRen & Engel 2007
Scientific NameNilionympha Ren & Engel, 2007
Name Published InAnnales Zoologici (Warsaw) 57
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Nilionymphagenusbelongs to Epiosmylinaestated with evidenceRen and Engel, 2007
Nilionymphagenusbelongs to Gumillinaestated with evidenceWang et al., 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance166 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance166 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. Ren and M. S. Engel. 2007. A split-footed lacewing and two epiosmylines from the Jurassic of China (Neuroptera). Annales Zoologici 57(2):211-219

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Nilionympha pulchella ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1166 Ma
Middle Jurassic		166 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Nilionympha shantouensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1166 Ma
Middle Jurassic		166 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2007Nilionympha Ren and Engel p. 216
2009Nilionympha Wang et al. p. 558
2018Nilionympha Li et al. p. 147
2019Nilionympha Winterton et al. p. 22

References

Ren D., Engel M. S. (2007) A split-footed lacewing and two epiosmylines from the Jurassic of China (Neuroptera), Annales Zoologici 57 2, 211-219
Wang Y. J., Liu Z. Q., et al (2009) A new fossil lacewing genus and species from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54, 557-560
Li Q. H., Ren D., et al (2018) Revision of the gumilline genus Nilionympha with a new species from the Middle Jurassic of China (Neuroptera: Osmylidae), Zootaxa 4399, 146-150
Winterton S. L., Martins C. C., et al (2019) Lance lacewings of the world (Neuroptera: Archeosmylidae, Osmylidae, Saucrosmylidae): review of living and fossil genera, Zootaxa 4581, 1-99
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
original work/web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Ren & Engel, 2007 (to be verified) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Ren, D.; Engel, M.S. (2007). A split-footed lacewing and two epiosmylines from the Jurassic of China (Neuroptera). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw), 57 (2), 211-219 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 57 - 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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