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Monticupes fentaiensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Taxonomy
Monticupes fentaiensis was named by Ren (1995). Its type specimen is BL92208/9, an exoskeleton (complete beetle), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Chongqing Reservoir, west hills, Beijing, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Lushangfen Formation of China.

It was recombined as Tetraphalerus fentaiensis by Soriano and Delclos (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Monticupes fentaiensis Ren p. 76 figs. Pl 11, figs 3,4; text-fig 3-35
2006Tetraphalerus fentaiensis Soriano and Delclos p. 200
2009Monticupes fentaiensis Tan and Ren p. 195
2020Monticupes fentaiensis Kirejtshuk p. 35

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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
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyOmmatidaeSharp and Muir 1912
subfamilyOmmatinaeSharp and Muir 1912
genusMonticupes
speciesfentaiensis

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2China (Beijing Shi) Monticupes fentaiensis (type locality: 106965)