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Polysphincta

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

Taxonomy
Polysphincta was named by Gravenhorst (1829). It is extant. It is the type genus of Polysphinctini.

It was assigned to Pimplinae by Statz (1936); to Ichneumonidae by Cockerell (1921), Carpenter (1992); and to Polysphinctini by Klopfstein and Spasojevic (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Polysphincta Gravenhorst p. 112
1921Polysphincta Cockerell p. 9
1936Polysphincta Statz p. 270
1992Polysphincta Carpenter
2019Polysphincta Klopfstein and Spasojevic

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyIchneumonoidea
familyIchneumonidae()
PimpliformesWahl 1990
subfamilyPimplinaeWesmael 1845
tribePolysphinctini
genusPolysphincta

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Polysphincta Gravenhorst 1829
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Polysphincta inundata Brues 1910
Polysphincta statzi Meunier 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Chattian or 37.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) P. inundata (106384)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) P. statzi (122010)