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Epicauta sanctoruensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Meloidae

Taxonomy
Epicauta sanctoruensis was named by Zaragoza-Caballero and Velasco-de León (2003). Its type specimen is CFZ-ST 28, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sanctorum, which is in a Zanclean lacustrine siltstone in the Atotonilco El Grande Formation of Mexico.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2013-11-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Epicauta sanctoruensis Zaragoza-Caballero and Velasco-de León p. 156 fig. 3,4
2026Epicauta sanctoruensis Saxton et al. p. 6

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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
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyMeloidaeGyllenhal 1810
subfamilyMeloinaeGyllenhal 1810
tribeEpicautini(Parker and Boving 1924)
genusEpicautaDejean 1834
speciessanctoruensis

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.

†Epicauta sanctoruensis Zaragoza-Caballero and Velasco-de León 2003
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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: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Hidalgo) Epicauta sanctoruensis (type locality: 152250)