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Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) pulchella

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Taxonomy
Toxorhina pulchella was named by Loew (1851). Its type specimen is MfN MB.J 336, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Elephantomyia pulchella by Meunier (1906), Alexander (1931); it was recombined as Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) pulchella by Kania (2015), Kania‑Kłosok and Krzemiński (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Toxorhina pulchella Loew p. 400 figs. Pl 2, fig 19
1906Elephantomyia pulchella Meunier p. 365 figs. Pl 12, figs 5,6
1931Elephantomyia pulchella Alexander p. 91 fig. 116
2015Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) pulchella Kania p. 16 figs. 11-13
2021Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) pulchella Kania‑Kłosok and Krzemiński p. 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
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyLimoniinae
genusElephantomyia
subgenusElephantomyia
speciespulchella()

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.

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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Elephantomyia pulchella (123215) Toxorhina pulchella (type locality: 109625)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Elephantomyia pulchella (123927)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Elephantomyia pulchella (123419)