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Airapus lithuanicus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Airapus lithuanicus was named by Tamutis et al. (2017). Its type specimen is KZM 0001-01, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Kaunas T. Ivanauskas Zoological Museum KZM collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Airapus lithuanicus Tamutis et al. p. 569 figs. 1-8

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyAphodiinae()
tribeEupariiniSchmidt 1910
genusAirapusStebnicka and Howden 1996
specieslithuanicus

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.

†Airapus lithuanicus Tamutis et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available