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Metoisops punctatus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7667317https://www.gbif.org/species/7667317
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)307927https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=307927
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Miridae : Metoisops : Metoisops punctatus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Miridae : Metoisops : Metoisops punctatus
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
-ClareocercariaProkop et al. 2017
-Acercaria
superorderPancondylognathaYoshizawa and Leinhard 2016
-CondylognathaBörner 1904
orderHemipteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderHeteropteraLatreille 1810
infraorderCimicomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyMiroideaHahn 1833
familyMiridaeHahn 1833
subfamilyIsometopinae
tribeElectromyiomminiHerczek 1993
genusMetoisopsPopov and Herczek 1992
speciesMetoisops punctatusPopov & Herczek 1993
Generic NameMetoisops
Scientific NameMetoisops punctatus Popov & Herczek, 1993
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Metoisops punctatusspeciesbelongs to Metoisopsstated with evidencePopov and Herczek, 1993
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)Y. A. Popov and A. Herczek. 1993. Metoisops punctatus sp. n., the second representative of the fossil genus Metoisops from Baltic amber (Heteroptera: Miridae: Isometopinae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology, Supplement 1:51-56

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Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1993Metoisops punctatus Popov and Herczek p. 51 figs. 1-4; photos 1,2
2014Metoisops punctatus Herczek and Popov p. 405 figs. 4-8

References

Popov Y. A., Herczek A. (1993) Metoisops punctatus sp. n., the second representative of the fossil genus Metoisops from Baltic amber (Heteroptera: Miridae: Isometopinae), Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology, Supplement 1, 51-56
Herczek A., Popov Y. A. (2014) Revision of the genus Metoisops (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Miridae, Isometopinae) from late Eocene European amber, Zootaxa 3887, 401-421
Popov, Y. A. and A. Herczek. (1993) Metoisops punctatus sp. n., the second representative of the fossil genus Metoisops from Baltic amber (Heteroptera: Miridae: Isomteopinae).: Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology 1 (suppl.): 51--56. - 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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