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Chaeteessidae

Insecta - Mantodea - Chaeteessidae

Taxonomy
Chaeteessidae was named by Handlirsch (1925). It is extant. Its type is Chaeteessa.

It was assigned to Mantodea by Carpenter (1992); to Eumantodea by Grimaldi (2003), Svensen and Whiting (2009); and to Chaeteessoidea by Wang and Jin (1995), Schwarz and Roy (2019).

Subtaxa
Arvernineura, Chaeteessa (type genus), Lithophotina, Louispitonia (syn. Archaeophlebia), Megaphotina
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2011-03-17; modified by M. Clapham on 2023-09-13

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Chaeteessidae Handlirsch
1940Archephemeridae Piton p. 146
1992Chaeteessidae Carpenter p. 143
1995Chaeteessidae Wang and Jin p. 197
2003Chaeteessidae Grimaldi p. 44
2009Chaeteessidae Svensen and Whiting
2019Chaeteessidae Schwarz and Roy p. 109

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderMantodeaBurmeister 1838
suborderNeomantodea
infraorderEumantodea
superfamilyChaeteessoideaHandlirsch 1925
familyChaeteessidaeHandlirsch 1925
familyChaeteessidaeHandlirsch 1925

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.

Fm. Chaeteessidae Handlirsch 1925
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G. †Arvernineura Piton 1940
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†Arvernineura insignis Piton 1940
G. Chaeteessa Burmeister 1838
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†Chaetoessa burmeisteri Giebel 1862
G. †Lithophotina Cockerell 1908
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†Lithophotina costalis Cockerell 1914
†Lithophotina floccosa Cockerell 1908
G. †Louispitonia Schubnel and Nel 2019
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Invalid names: Archaeophlebia Piton 1940 [replaced]
G. †Megaphotina Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
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†Megaphotina sichotensis Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
Invalid names: Archephemeridae Piton 1940 [synonym]
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Holocene or 61.66000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24France (Auvergne) Arvernineura insignis (120579 123436 123463) Arvernineura insignis, Archaeophlebia enigmatica (113685)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Chaeteessidae indet. (123850)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Primorskiy) Megaphotina sichotensis (123794)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Lithophotina costalis (113749) Lithophotina floccosa (106381)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Chaetoessa burmeisteri (129861)