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Pseudochrysobothris ballae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Chrysobothris ballae was named by Whalley and Jarzembowski (1985). Its type specimen is NHM In 59501, an exoskeleton (whole beetle), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is La Pedrera de Rubies Quarry (BMNH collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Pseudochrysobothris.

It was recombined as Pseudochrysobothris ballae by Alekseev (1994), Bellamy (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Chrysobothris ballae Whalley and Jarzembowski p. 398 fig. 15
1994Pseudochrysobothris ballae Alekseev p. 34 fig. 15
2008Pseudochrysobothris ballae Bellamy p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyParathyreinae
genusPseudochrysobothris
speciesballae()

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.

Pseudochrysobothris ballae Whalley and Jarzembowski 1985
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Cataluña) Chrysobothris ballae (type locality: 118322)