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Enicocephalomorpha

Insecta - Hemiptera

Taxonomy
Enicocephalomorpha is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was assigned to Heteroptera by Štys (2010), Johnson et al. (2018); and to Neoheteroptera by Szwedo (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Enicocephalomorpha Štys p. 456
2018Enicocephalomorpha Johnson et al.
2018Enicocephalomorpha Szwedo p. 112

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
Enicocephalomorpha
Enicocephalomorpha

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.

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Fm. Aenictopecheidae Usinger 1932
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G. †Cretocephalus Luo and Xie 2022
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Cretocephalus stysi Luo and Xie 2022
G. †Paenicotechys Štys 1969
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Paenicotechys fossilis Cockerell 1916
Fm. Enicocephalidae Stal 1860 [unique-headed bug]
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Subfm. Alienatinae Barber 1953
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G. Alienates Barber 1953
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Alienates brodzinskyi Grimaldi et al. 1993
Alienates electrodominicus Grimaldi et al. 1993
G. †Paralienates Maldonado Capriles et al. 1996
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Paralienates hyalinus Maldonado Capriles et al. 1996
Subfm. †Allocephalocorinae Luo et al. 2020
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G. †Allocephalocoris Luo et al. 2020
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Allocephalocoris zhengi Luo et al. 2020
Subfm. †Disphaerocephalinae Štys 1969
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G. †Disphaerocephalus Cockerell 1917
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Disphaerocephalus swinhoei Cockerell 1917
Subfm. Enicocephalinae Stal 1860
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G. Enicocephalus Westwood 1837
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Enicocephalus omen Grimaldi et al. 1993
Enicocephalus prius Grimaldi et al. 1993
Enicocephalus seniculus Grimaldi et al. 1993
Enicocephalus subvitreus Grimaldi et al. 1993
G. †Pyrenicocephalus Štys 2010
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Invalid names: Enicocephalus fulvescens Westwood 1837 [nomen dubium]
G. †Enicocephalinus Azar et al. 1999
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Enicocephalinus acragrimaldii Azar et al. 1999
Enicocephalinus ibericus Davranoglou et al. 2024
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 Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 125.77000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Enicocephalinus acragrimaldii (122471) Enicocephalomorpha indet. (122359)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Spain (Teruel) Enicocephalinus ibericus (225779)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Cretocephalus stysi, Allocephalocoris zhengi (198811) Disphaerocephalus constrictus, Enicocephalus swinhoei, Disphaerocephalus macropterus, Enicocephalus fossilis (123020)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Enicocephalidae indet. (123440)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Alienates sp., Alienates brodzinskyi, Alienates electrodominicus, Enicocephalus seniculus (122982) Enicocephalus prius (140223) Enicocephalus seniculus, Enicocephalus subvitreus, Enicocephalus omen (123393) Paralienates hyalinus (122472)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Enicocephalus fulvescens (165051)