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Apionion formoculus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae

Taxonomy
Apionion formoculus was named by Poinar and Legalov (2015). Its type specimen is Poinar Cur-139, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Apionion formoculus Legalov p. 1482
2015Apionion formoculus Poinar and Legalov p. 153 fig. 30,31

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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
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyBrentidae()
subfamilyApioninae(Schoenherr 1823)
—ApionitaeSchonherr 1823
tribeApioniniSchonherr 1823
subtribeToxorhynchina
genusApionion
speciesformoculus

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.

†Apionion formoculus Poinar and Legalov 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available