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Helophorus (Mesosperchus)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Helophoridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Mesosperchus Ponomarenko p. 108
1985Mesosperchus Ponomarenko p. 142
1992Mesosperchus Carpenter
2012Helophorus (Mesosperchus) Fikáček et al. p. 103
2014Helophorus (Mesosperchus) Ponomarenko p. 1664

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

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.

Subg. †Helophorus (Mesosperchus) Ponomarenko 1977
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†Helophorus (Mesosperchus) gracilis Prokin et al. 2010
†Helophorus (Mesosperchus) inceptivus Fikáček et al. 2012
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Invalid names: Mesohelophorus elongatus Ponomarenko 1990 [synonym]
†Helophorus (Mesosperchus) yixianus Fikáček et al. 2012
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 Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 149.20000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Mongolia Helophorus costalis (104748) Helophorus inceptivus (131803) Helophorus inceptivus, Helophorus costalis (121394)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation Mesosperchus tarsalis (125408 138150)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation (Chita) Mesohelophorus elongatus (125407) Mesosperchus tarsalis (119424 123197 152174) Mesosperchus tarsalis, Mesohelophorus elongatus (114307)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Russian Federation (Chita) Mesosperchus tarsalis (151559)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Russian Federation (Chita) Mesosperchus tarsalis (151642)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Liaoning) Hydrophilopsia gracilis, Helophorus yixianus (111716)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Russian Federation (Chita) Mesosperchus tarsalis (152173)