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Cacomorphocerus jantaricus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Taxonomy
Hoffeinsensia jantarica was named by Kuśka and Kania (2010). Its type specimen is Hoffeins 1221-2, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Cacomorphocerus jantaricus by Kazantsev (2013), Fanti (2017), Fanti (2017) and Kazantsev (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Hoffeinsensia jantarica Kuśka and Kania p. 50 figs. 1-6
2013Cacomorphocerus jantaricus Kazantsev p. 290
2017Cacomorphocerus jantaricus Fanti p. 5
2018Cacomorphocerus jantaricus Kazantsev p. 150 figs. 12-14

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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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyCantharidaeImhoff 1856
subfamilyCantharinaeImhoff 1856
tribeCacomorphocerini
genusCacomorphocerus
speciesjantaricus()

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.

Cacomorphocerus jantaricus Kuśka and Kania 2010
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Hoffeinsensia jantarica (type locality: 123419 153735)