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Helophorus (Mesohelophorus)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Helophoridae

Taxonomy
Mesohelophorus was named by Ponomarenko (1977).

It was reranked as Helophorus (Mesohelophorus) by Fikáček et al. (2012).

It was assigned to Hydrophilidae by Ponomarenko (1977), Ponomarenko (1986) and Carpenter (1992); and to Helophorus by Fikáček et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Mesohelophorus Ponomarenko p. 113
1986Mesohelophorus Ponomarenko p. 94
1992Mesohelophorus Carpenter
2012Helophorus (Mesohelophorus) Fikáček et al. p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHydrophiloidea
familyHelophoridae()
genusHelophorus()
subgenusMesohelophorus()

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 (Mesohelophorus) Ponomarenko 1977
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Invalid names: Mesohelophorus sibiricus Ponomarenko 1977 [replaced]
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: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Mesohelophorus sibiricus (105536 105969)