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Geratozygops durhami

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Zygops durhami was named by Zimmerman (1971). Its type specimen is UCMP 10177, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is UCMP B-8413, Ixhuatan, Rio Tapilula, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

It was recombined as Geratozygops durhami by Poinar and Legalov (2014), Legalov (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Zygops durhami Zimmerman p. 103 fig. 5
2014Geratozygops durhami Poinar and Legalov p. 557
2015Geratozygops durhami Legalov p. 1489

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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
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyConoderinaeSchoenherr 1833
tribeZygopiniLacordaire 1865
genusGeratozygops
speciesdurhami()

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.

†Geratozygops durhami Zimmerman 1971
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Zygops durhami (type locality: 138881)