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Mesoraphidia amoena ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8481329https://www.gbif.org/species/8481329
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)290891https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=290891
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Raphidioptera : Mesoraphidiidae : Mesoraphidia : Mesoraphidia amoena
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Raphidioptera : Mesoraphidiidae : Mesoraphidia : Mesoraphidia amoena
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
orderRaphidiopteraHandlirsch 1908
suborderRaphidiomorphaEngel 2002
-RaphidiformiaBechly and Wolf-Schwenninger 2011
familyMesoraphidiidaeMartynov 1925
subfamilyMesoraphidiinaeMartynov 1925
genusMesoraphidiaMartynov 1925
speciesMesoraphidia amoenaRen 1997
Generic NameMesoraphidia
Scientific NameMesoraphidia amoena Ren, 1997
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mesoraphidia amoenaspeciesbelongs to Mesoraphidiastated with evidenceRen, 1997
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. Ren. 1997. Studies on the late Mesozoic snake-flies of China (Raphidoiptera: Baissopteridae, Mesoraphidiidae, Alloraphidiidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 22:172-188

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1997Mesoraphidia amoena Ren p. 181 figs. Pl 1, fig 2; text-fig 8
2002Mesoraphidia amoena Engel p. 18
2015Mesoraphidia amoena Lu et al. p. 565

References

Ren D. (1997) Studies on the late Mesozoic snake-flies of China (Raphidoiptera: Baissopteridae, Mesoraphidiidae, Alloraphidiidae), Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 22, 172-188
Engel M. S. (2002) The smallest snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae): a new species in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, with a catalog of fossil snakeflies, American Museum Novitates 3363, 1-22
Lu Y. N., Liu X. Y., et al (2015) First record of the fossil snakefly genus Mesoraphidia (Insecta: Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3999, 560-570
Ren, D. (1997) Studies on the late Mesozoic snake-flies of China (Raphidioptera: Baissopteridae, Mesoraphidiidae, Alloraphidiidae).: 动物分类学报 [=Dong Wu Fen Lei Xue Bao; =Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica] 22:172-188. - via Catalogue of Life
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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