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Esolus parallelepipedus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elmidae

Taxonomy
Limnius parallelepipedus was named by Muller (1806). It is extant. It is the type species of Esolus.

It was recombined as Esolus parallelepipedus by Keen et al. (1997), Green et al. (2006), Jäch et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Limnius parallelepipedus Muller
1997Esolus parallelepipedus Keen et al.
2006Esolus parallelepipedus Green et al.
2016Esolus parallelepipedus Jäch et al. p. 53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyDryopoidea
familyElmidaeCurtis 1830
subfamilyElminaeCurtis 1830
tribeElminiCurtis 1830
subtribeElminaCurtis 1830
genusEsolusMulsant and Rey 1872
speciesparallelepipedus(Muller 1806)

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Esolus parallelepipedus (169389 169390 169391 169392)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Esolus parallelepipedus (168265 168266 168267 168269 168270 168271 168272)