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Platyplecia

Insecta - Diptera

Taxonomy
Platyplecia was named by Hong (1983). Its type is Platyplecia suni.

It was assigned to Diptera by Hong (1983); and to Nematocera by Evenhuis (1994).

Species
P. parva, P. suni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Platyplecia Hong p. 117
1994Platyplecia Evenhuis

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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
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
genusPlatyplecia

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. †Platyplecia Hong 1983
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†Platyplecia parva Hong 1983
†Platyplecia suni Hong 1983
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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Liaoning) P. suni, P. parva (154730)