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Aphelocheiridae

Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphelocheiridae

Taxonomy
Aphelocheiridae was named by Fieber (1851). It is extant. Its type is Aphelocheirus.

It was assigned to Naucoroidea by Shcherbakov and Popov (2002), Popov (2007), Szwedo (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Aphelocheiridae Fieber p. 15
1967Atopositidae Jordan p. 88
2002Aphelocheiridae Shcherbakov and Popov p. 156
2007Aphelocheiridae Popov p. 431
2018Aphelocheiridae Szwedo p. 112

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderNepomorpha
superfamilyNaucoroidea
familyAphelocheiridae
familyAphelocheiridae

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.

Fm. Aphelocheiridae Fieber 1851
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G. Aphelocheirus Westwood 1833
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Subg. Aphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) Westwood 1833
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Invalid names: Atoposita angulosa Jordan 1967 [synonym], Coreoidus latus Jordan 1967 [synonym], Cydnopsis ventralis Jordan 1967 [synonym]
Invalid names: Atoposita Jordan 1967 [synonym], Coreoidus Jordan 1967 [synonym]
Invalid names: Atopositidae Jordan 1967 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Piacenzian or 56.00000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Rajasthan) Aphelocheirus sp. (198876)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Germany Aphelocheirus sp. (188970)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Cydnopsis ventralis, Cydnopsis affinis, Coreoidus latus, Atoposita angulosa (109196)