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Oreodytes alpinus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Taxonomy
Dytiscus alpinus was named by Paykull (1798). It is extant.

It was recombined as Oreodytes alpinus by Böcher (1995), Nilsson (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Dytiscus alpinus Paykull p. 226
1995Oreodytes alpinus Böcher p. 30
2001Oreodytes alpinus Nilsson

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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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyDytiscidae()
subfamilyHydroporinae()
tribeHydroporini
subtribeDeronectina()
genusOreodytesSeidlitz 1887
speciesalpinus()

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.

Oreodytes alpinus Paykull 1798
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Gelasian or 2.58000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Oreodytes alpinus (160109 160143 160147 160153)