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Metrorhynchites dilutes

Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizocoleidae

Taxonomy
Mancicupes dilutes was named by Lin (1986). Its type specimen is NIGP 70062, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is KHG 74, Chengtanjiang section, Liuyang City, which is in a Rhaetian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Sanqiutang Formation of China.

It was recombined as Metrorhynchites dilutes by Ponomarenko et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Mancicupes dilutes Lin p. 71 figs. Pl 17, fig 6; text-fig 66
2012Metrorhynchites dilutes Ponomarenko et al. p. 485 figs. Pl 2, fig E; text-fig 2H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilySchizocoleoidea
familySchizocoleidae
genusMetrorhynchites
speciesdilutes()

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.

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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: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4China (Hunan) Mancicupes dilutes (type locality: 155369)