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Megophthalmus

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadellidae

Taxonomy
Megophthalmus was named by Curtis (1833). It is extant. It is the type genus of Megophthalminae, Megophthalmini.

It was assigned to Megophthalmini by Metcalf (1962), Borodin and Borodina (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Megophthalmus Curtis p. 193
1833Paropia Germar
1950Paropia Statz p. 6
1962Megophthalmus Metcalf p. 14
2021Megophthalmus Borodin and Borodina p. 162

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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
suborderAuchenorrhyncha()
infraorderCicadomorphaEvans 1946
superfamilyMembracoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCicadellidae()
subfamilyMegophthalminaeKirkaldy 1906
tribeMegophthalminiKirkaldy 1906
genusMegophthalmus

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.

G. Megophthalmus Curtis 1833
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Invalid names: Paropia Germar 1833 [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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Paropia fortivenosa (122010)