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Elektrothopomyia tzoltzili

Insecta - Diptera - Stratiomyidae

Taxonomy
Elektrothopomyia tzoltzili was named by Coty and Nel (2013). Its type specimen is MNHN TOT 100, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Rio Totolapa Salado amber (Coty collection, MNHN), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Elektrothopomyia tzoltzili Coty and Nel p. 268 fig. 2

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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
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Homeodactyla
infraorderStratiomyomorpha
familyStratiomyidae()
subfamilyPachygastrinaeLoew 1856
genusElektrothopomyia
speciestzoltzili

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.

†Elektrothopomyia tzoltzili Coty and Nel 2013
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Elektrothopomyia tzoltzili (type locality: 123456)