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Monstrocoreus quadrimaculatus

Insecta - Hemiptera - Alydidae

Taxonomy
Monstrocoreus quadrimaculatus was named by Popov (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 2066/3820, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2066), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Monstrocoreus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Monstrocoreus quadrimaculatus Popov p. 109 figs. Pl 12, figs 1,2,4; text-figs 7,8
1977Monstrocoreus quadrimaculatus Štys and Říha p. 174

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderPentatomomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyCoreoideaReuter 1910
familyAlydidae()
subfamilyMonstrocoreinae
genusMonstrocoreus
speciesquadrimaculatus

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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Monstrocoreus quadrimaculatus (type locality: 105971 106101 115717)