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Neoptochus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Neoptochus was named by Horn (1876). It is extant.

It was assigned to Otiorhynchini by Scudder (1893); and to Myllocerina by Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Neoptochus Horn
1893Neoptocus Scudder p. 48
1999Neoptochus Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyEntiminaeSchoenherr 1823
tribeCyphiceriniLacordaire 1863
subtribeMyllocerinaPierce 1913
genusNeoptochusHorn 1876

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.

G. Neoptochus Horn 1876
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Neoptocus sp. (114681)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) Neoptocus sp. (152138)