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Micropeplus caelatus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Micropeplus caelatus was named by Erichson (1839). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Micropeplus caelatus Erichson p. 647
1997Micropeplus caelatus Keen et al.
2001Micropeplus caelatus Herman p. 189
2006Micropeplus caelatus Green et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyMicropeplinae()
genusMicropeplusLatreille 1809
speciescaelatus

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.

Micropeplus caelatus Erichson 1839
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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: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Micropeplus caelatus (168272)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Micropeplus caelatus (169391)