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Metacanthus

Insecta - Hemiptera - Berytidae

Taxonomy
Metacanthus was named by Costa (1847). It is extant.

It was assigned to Berytidae by Nel (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Metacanthus Costa
1992Metacanthus Nel p. 276

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderPentatomomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyLygaeoideaSchilling 1829
familyBerytidae()
genusMetacanthusCosta 1847

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.

G. Metacanthus Costa 1847
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Subg. Metacanthus (Megalomerium) Fieber 1859
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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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 23 to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France Megalomerium serratum (122535)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Megalomerium serratum (122509)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Megalomerium serratum (122488)