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Micrelus ericae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchaenus ericae was named by Gyllenhal (1813). It is extant.

It was recombined as Micrelus ericae by Böcher (1995), Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999), Letsch et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1813Rhynchaenus ericae Gyllenhal
1995Micrelus ericae Böcher p. 48
1999Micrelus ericae Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal p. 105
2024Micrelus ericae Letsch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyCeutorhynchinae()
tribeEgriini
genusMicrelusThomson 1859
speciesericae(Gyllenhal 1813)

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.

Micrelus ericae Gyllenhal 1813
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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: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Micrelus ericae (160109)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Micrelus ericae (168265 168268)