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Atomaria mesomela

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae

Taxonomy
Dermestes mesomelus was named by Herbst (1792). It is extant.

It was recombined as Atomaria mesomelaena by Bouchard et al. (2011); it was recombined as Atomaria mesomela by Clapham (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Dermestes mesomelus Herbst p. 143 figs. Pl 41, fig 7
2011Atomaria mesomelaena Bouchard et al.
2023Atomaria mesomela Clapham

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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
superfamilyCucujoidea
familyCryptophagidae
subfamilyAtomariinaeLeConte 1861
tribeAtomariiniLe Conte 1861
genusAtomaria
speciesmesomela()

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.

Atomaria mesomela Herbst 1792
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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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Atomaria mesomelaena (168268 168270 168271)