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Strongylites stygius

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Strongylites stygius was named by Heer (1864). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau, which is in an Angulata offshore claystone in the Insektenmergel Formation of Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Strongylites stygius Heer p. 89 figs. Pl 7, fig 23
1906Strongylites stygius Handlirsch p. 443 figs. Pl XLI fig 24
1985Strongulites stygicus Ponomarenko p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
genusStrongylites
speciesstygius

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.

Strongylites stygius Heer 1864
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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: base of the Angulata to the top of the Bathonian or 201.30000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Switzerland Strongylites stygius (type locality: 131766)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1Russian Federation (Novokuznetsk) Strongulites stygicus (105018)
Toarcian - Aalenian182.7 - 170.3Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Strongulites stygicus (125471)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Strongulites stygicus (118010)