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Homaloptila similis

Insecta - Caloneurodea - Apsidoneuridae

Taxonomy
Homaloneura similis was named by Meunier (1911). Its type specimen is MNHN-DHT-R51192, a wing (pair of well preserved wings), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France. It is the type species of Homaloptila.

It was recombined as Homaloptila similis by Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922), Carpenter (1961), Béthoux et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Homaloneura similis Meunier p. 118 fig. 1
1917Homaloneura similis Lameere p. 181
1919Homaloptila similis Handlirsch p. 546 figs. 42, 43
1922Homaloptila similis Handlirsch p. 81
1961Homaloptila similis Carpenter p. 151 fig. 2
2004Homaloptila similis Béthoux et al. p. 302 fig. 16

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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
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
superorderArchaeorthoptera
PanorthopteraCrampton 1928
orderCaloneurodea
familyApsidoneuridae
genusHomaloptila
speciessimilis()

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.

Homaloptila similis Meunier 1911
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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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Homaloneura similis (type locality: 121979)