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Megatoma electra

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae

Taxonomy
Megatoma (Megatoma) electra was named by Zhantiev (2006). Its type specimen is GPIH 4482, an exoskeleton (male), and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Megatoma electra by Háva and Alekseev (2015), Háva and Bukejs (2018), Háva (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Megatoma (Megatoma) electra Zhantiev
2014Megatoma (Megatoma) electra Háva p. 215
2015Megatoma electra Háva and Alekseev p. 154
2018Megatoma electra Háva and Bukejs p. 208
2022Megatoma (Megatoma) electra Háva p. 221
2023Megatoma electra Háva p. 268

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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
infraorderBostrichiformiaForbes 1926
superfamilyBostrichoidea
familyDermestidae
subfamilyMegatominae()
tribeMegatomini
subtribeMegatomina
genusMegatoma
specieselectra()

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.

†Megatoma electra Zhantiev 2006
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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Megatoma electra (type locality: 110735 123764 192258)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Megatoma electra (205557)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Megatoma electra (123419)