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Agriotes succiniferus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Agriotes succiniferus was named by Becker (1963). Its type specimen is UCMP 12972, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is UCMP B-7456, Simojovel area, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Agriotes succiniferus Becker p. 127 figs. Pl 17, fig 2; text-figs 3-5
2021Agriotes succiniferus Kundrata et al. p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
subfamilyElaterinae
tribeAgriotiniLaporte 1840
genusAgriotesEschscholtz 1829
speciessucciniferus

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.

Agriotes succiniferus Becker 1963
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Agriotes succiniferus (type locality: 140260)