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Protactus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Protactus was named by Heer (1847). Its type is Protactus erichsonii. It is the type genus of Protactinae.

It was assigned to Staphylinidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Protactinae by Herman (2001), Bouchard et al. (2011), Chatzimanolis (2018).

Species
P. erichsonii (type species), P. minor

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Protactus Heer p. 28
1992Protactus Carpenter
2001Protactus Herman p. 3839
2011Protactus Bouchard et al. p. 225
2018Protactus Chatzimanolis p. 38

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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
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyProtactinae
genusProtactus

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. †Protactus Heer 1847
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Protactus erichsonii Heer 1847
Protactus minor Heer 1862
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: Sarmatian or 12.80000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. erichsonii (115304) P. minor (117252)