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Chrysomela micropunctata

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Taxonomy
Melasoma micropunctata was named by Piton (1935). Its type specimen is Station Limnologique de Besse 5, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Varennes near Lac Chambon, which is in a Gelasian crater lake horizon in France.

It was recombined as Chrysomela micropunctata by Santiago-Blay (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Melasoma micropunctata Piton p. 77 figs. Pl 3, fig 5
1994Chrysomela micropunctata Santiago-Blay p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyChrysomelidae()
subfamilyChrysomelinae
tribeChrysomelini
genusChrysomela
speciesmicropunctata()

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.

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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 2.58800 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806France Melasoma micropunctata (type locality: 113994)