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Ironicus nothrus

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Harpalidium nothrus was named by Westwood (1854). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Swanage/Purbeck (DORCM/BMNH) [C. Willcox Collection], which is in a Berriasian fluvial-lacustrine limestone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Ironicus.

It was recombined as Ironicus nothrus by Handlirsch (1906); it was misspelled as Ironicus nothus by Kirejtshuk et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Harpalidium nothrus Westwood pp. 386, 395 figs. Pl 17 fig 3
1906Ironicus nothrus Handlirsch pp. 558-559 figs. Pl XlV fig 56
2016Ironicus nothus Kirejtshuk et al. p. 146

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
genusIronicus
speciesnothrus()

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.

Ironicus nothrus Westwood 1854
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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: Berriasian or 143.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Harpalidium nothrus (type locality: 127481)