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Mimela

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Mimela was named by Kirby (1823). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rutelinae by Krell (2000).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Mimela Kirby
1837Rhombonyx Hope
2000Mimela Krell p. 885

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyRutelinae(MacLeay 1819)
genusMimelaKirby 1823

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. Mimela Kirby 1823
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†Mimela rhenana von Heyden 1862
Mimela testaceipes Motschulsky 1860
Invalid names: Rhombonyx Hope 1837 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 30 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Anoplognathus rhenanus (123945)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) M. sp. (109196)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan M. testaceipes (166083 166084)