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Ligyrus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Ligyrus was named by Burmeister (1847). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scarabaeidae by Wickham (1914); and to Dynastinae by Krell (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Ligyrus Burmeister p. 542
1914Ligyrus Wickham p. 460
2000Ligyrus Krell p. 884

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyDynastinaeMacLeay 1819
genusLigyrus

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. Ligyrus Burmeister 1847
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†Ligyrus compositus Wickham 1911
†Ligyrus effetus Wickham 1914
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: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) L. compositus (106380) L. effetus, L. compositus (106384)