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Hydrobiomorpha braunii

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Taxonomy
Hydrophilus braunii was named by Heer (1847). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Carlsruhe collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Hydrous braunii by Heer (1862); it was recombined as Hydrobiomorpha braunii by Fikáček and Schmied (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Hydrophilus braunii Heer p. 55 figs. Pl 2, fig 5
1862Hydrous braunii Heer p. 67 figs. Pl 5, figs 12-14
1862Hydrous escheri Heer p. 67 figs. Pl 5, figs 16,16b
1864Hydrous escheri Heer p. 381 fig. 272
2013Hydrobiomorpha braunii Fikáček and Schmied p. 431 figs. 1, 3.1-3.4, 6.1, 6.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHydrophiloidea
familyHydrophilidae
subfamilyHydrophilinae()
tribeHydrophilini
subtribeHydrophilina
genusHydrobiomorpha
speciesbraunii()

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.

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Invalid names: Hydrous escheri Heer 1862 [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: Sarmatian or 12.70000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Hydrophilus braunii (type locality: 115305) Hydrous escheri, Hydrous braunii (117252)