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Helichus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dryopidae

Taxonomy
Helichus was named by Erichson (1847). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dryopidae by Wickham (1920) and Webster and DeMerchant (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Helichus Erichson
1920Helichus Wickham p. 355
2012Helichus Webster and DeMerchant

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyDryopoidea
familyDryopidae()
genusHelichusErichson 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. Helichus Erichson 1847
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†Helichus eruptus Wickham 1911
†Helichus tenuior Wickham 1912
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: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Dryops eruptus (106379) Dryops tenuior (106381) Dryops tenuior, Dryops eruptus (106384)