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Protoscelis longicornis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Anthribidae

Taxonomy
Cerambyomima longicornis was named by Medvedev (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 2066/3241, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2066), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Protoscelis longicornis by Legalov (2012), Legalov (2013), Legalov (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Pseudomegamerus grandis Medvedev p. 158 figs. Pl 16, fig 5; text-fig 4
1968Cerambyomima longicornis Medvedev p. 161 figs. Pl 16, fig 7; text-fig 6
2012Protoscelis longicornis Legalov p. 691
2013Protoscelis longicornis Legalov p. 294 figs. Pl 10, fig 1; text-figs 1a-c,g
2015Protoscelis longicornis Legalov p. 1451

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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
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyAnthribidae()
subfamilyProtoscelinae
genusProtoscelis
specieslongicornis()

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.

†Protoscelis longicornis Medvedev 1968
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Invalid names: Pseudomegamerus grandis Medvedev 1968 [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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Protoscelis longicornis (105426 105970 106279 113439) Pseudomegamerus grandis (106102) Pseudomegamerus grandis, Cerambyomima longicornis (type locality: 105971) Pseudomegamerus grandis, Protoscelis longicornis (106101)