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Mercata
Taxonomy
Mercata was named by Lin (1986). Its type is Mercata festira.
It was assigned to Silphidae by Lin (1986); to Cerophytidae by Dong et al. (2011), Chang et al. (2011); to Protagrypninae by Ponomarenko et al. (2012); and to Elateridae by Kundrata et al. (2020), Kundrata et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Silphidae by Lin (1986); to Cerophytidae by Dong et al. (2011), Chang et al. (2011); to Protagrypninae by Ponomarenko et al. (2012); and to Elateridae by Kundrata et al. (2020), Kundrata et al. (2021).
Species
M. festira (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Mercata Lin p. 79 |
| 2011 | Mercata Chang et al. p. 43 |
| 2011 | Mercata Dong et al. p. 486 |
| 2012 | Mercata Ponomarenko et al. p. 480 |
| 2020 | Mercata Kundrata et al. p. 18 |
| 2021 | Mercata Kundrata et al. p. 72 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||