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Eupachypterus eocenicus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae

Taxonomy
Eupachypterus eocenicus was named by Kirejtshuk et al. (2010). Its type specimen is MNHN A32837, an exoskeleton (male with slightly exposed penis trunk), and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France. It is the type species of Eupachypterus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Eupachypterus eocenicus Kirejtshuk et al. p. 192
2019Eupachypterus eocenicus Nabozhenko p. 6
2021Eupachypterus eocenicus Bouchard et al. p. 182

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyTenebrionidae()
subfamilyBlaptinae
tribeOpatrini()
subtribeNeopachypterina
genusEupachypterus
specieseocenicus

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.

Eupachypterus eocenicus Kirejtshuk et al. 2010
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Eupachypterus eocenicus (type locality: 123850)