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Ampliceps dubius

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nemonychidae

Taxonomy
Scelocamptus dubius was named by Arnoldi (1977). Its type specimen is PIN 2066/3037, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2066), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Gratshevicar dubius by Legalov (2009), Legalov (2010); it was recombined as Ampliceps dubius by Legalov (2012), Gratshev and Legalov (2014), Legalov (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Scelocamptus dubius Arnoldi p. 165 fig. 98
2009Gratshevicar dubius Legalov p. 288
2010Gratshevicar dubius Legalov p. 79
2012Ampliceps dubius Legalov p. 687
2014Ampliceps dubius Gratshev and Legalov p. 880 figs. Pl 3, figs 4,5; pl 4, fig 1; text-fig 4c
2015Ampliceps dubius Legalov p. 1448

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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
familyNemonychidae
subfamilyEobelinae()
tribeKarataucarini
genusAmpliceps
speciesdubius()

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.

Ampliceps dubius Arnoldi 1977
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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Ampliceps dubius (105426 105970 106101 106102 106279) Scelocamptus dubius (type locality: 105971)