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Laetopsia mongolica

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Hydrophilopsia mongolica was named by Ponomarenko (1987). Its type specimen is PIN 3664/1567, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shin-Khuduk (PIN collection 3664), which is in an Aptian lacustrine sandstone/marl in the Shinekhudag Formation of Mongolia.

It was recombined as Laetopsia mongolica by Fikáček et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Hydrophilopsia mongolica Ponomarenko p. 92 figs. 6n-o
2012Laetopsia mongolica Fikáček et al. p. 96 figs. 10, 11, 58-60

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHydrophiloidea
genusLaetopsia
speciesmongolica()

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.

†Laetopsia mongolica Ponomarenko 1987
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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: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia Hydrophilopsia mongolica (type locality: 103655)