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Velafacera vectabilis

Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae

Taxonomy
Velafacera vectabilis was named by Fedotova and Perkovsky (2008). Its type specimen is SIZK D-2224, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Dubrovitsa locality (SIZK D collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine. It is the type species of Velafacera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Velafacera vectabilis Fedotova and Perkovsky p. 28 fig. 1
2014Velafacera vectabilis Gagné and Jaschhof p. 89

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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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyCecidomyiidae
subfamilyPorricondylinaeKieffer 1913
tribeDiceruriniMamaev 1966
genusVelafacera
speciesvectabilis

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.

†Velafacera vectabilis Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Velafacera vectabilis (type locality: 122996)