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Actea sphinx

Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae

Taxonomy
Actea sphinx was named by Münster (1842). It is an impression. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Sphenoptera sphinx by Deichmüller (1886), Haase (1890), Bellamy (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Actea sphinx Germar p. 85 figs. Pl 9, fig 6
1842Actea sphinx Münster p. 85 figs. Pl 9, fig 6
1886Sphenoptera sphinx Deichmüller p. 70 figs. Pl V fig 15-16
1888Prodytiscus eichstaettensis Oppenheim p. 238 figs. Pl 31, figs 19, 20
1888Silphites cetoniformis Oppenheim p. 239 figs. Pl 31, fig 16
1890Sphenoptera sphinx Haase p. 27 figs. Pl 1, fig 13
1898Chrysomelites macrothoracicus Meunier figs. Pl 18 fig 53
1906Actea sphinx Handlirsch p. 543 figs. Pl XLV fig 7, 8
1971Actea sphinx Ponomarenko p. 72 figs. Pl 8, figs 3,4; text-fig 6
2007Actea sphinx Soriano et al. p. 530
2008Sphenoptera sphinx Bellamy

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyCoptoclavidaePonomarenko 1961
subfamilyTimarchopsinae
genusActea
speciessphinx

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.

Actea sphinx Münster 1842
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Invalid names: Chrysobothris veterna von Heyden 1847 [synonym], Chrysomelites macrothoracicus Meunier 1898 [synonym], Prodytiscus eichstaettensis Oppenheim 1888 [synonym], Silphites cetoniformis Oppenheim 1888 [synonym]
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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Actea sphinx (123144) Actea sphinx, Prodytiscus eichstaettensis, Silphites cetoniformis (type locality: 123985) Sphenoptera sphinx (133578)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Actea sphinx (122586 139876)