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Sospita

Description

Abisara is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae, found in Africa and Southeast Asia.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6007596https://www.gbif.org/species/6007596
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)290250https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=290250
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Lepidoptera : Riodinidae : Sospita
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Coccinellidae : Sospita
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
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
-ColeopteridaKukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
orderColeopteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCoccinelloideaLatreille 1807
familyCoccinellidaeLatreille 1807
subfamilyCoccinellinaeLatreille 1807
tribeCoccinelliniLatreille 1807
genusSospitaHewitson 1860
Scientific NameSospita Hewitson, 1860
Name Published InExot. Butt., 2, 1857-61, pl. and explan. pl. .
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sospitagenusbelongs to Coccinellidaestated with evidencevon Heyden, 1870
Sospitagenusbelongs to Coccinellinistated with evidenceBarševskis and Lazdāns, 2010
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. von Heyden. 1870. Fossile Dipteren aus der Braunkohle von Rott im Siebengebirge. Palaeontographica 17:237-266
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sospita

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sospita haagi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
128.4 Ma
Oligocene
28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1846Sospita Mulsant
1870Sospita von Heyden
2010Sospita Barševskis and Lazd?ns

References

von Heyden L. Fossile Dipteren aus der Braunkohle von Rott im Siebengebirge, Palaeontographica 17, 237-266
Barševskis A., Lazdāns D. (2010) Catalogue of ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of Latvia, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 10, 89-100
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Exot. Butt., 2, 1857-61, pl. and explan. pl. . - 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
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
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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