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Genaphis valdensis

Insecta - Hemiptera - Genaphididae

Taxonomy
Aphis valdensis was named by Brodie (1845). Its type specimen is BMNH I.3522, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Genaphis.

It was recombined as Genaphis valdensis by Handlirsch (1907), Evans (1956), Heie and Wegierek (2011), Żyła et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Aphis valdensis Brodie pp. 33, 120 figs. Pl 4, fig 3
1885Aphis valdensis Scudder p. 780 fig. 987
1907Genaphis valdensis Handlirsch p. 643 figs. Pl LI fig 39
1956Genaphis valdensis Evans p. 239
2011Genaphis valdensis Heie and Wegierek p. 36
2014Genaphis valdensis Żyła et al. p. 507 fig. 1

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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
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderSternorrhyncha()
AphidiformesSchlee 1969
infraorderAphidomorpha
superfamilyGenaphidoidea
familyGenaphididae()
genusGenaphis
speciesvaldensis()

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.

Genaphis valdensis Brodie 1845
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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: Middle Berriasian or 141.00000 to 139.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Aphis valdensis (type locality: 104008)