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Microscapha

Insecta - Coleoptera - Melandryidae

Taxonomy
Microscapha was named by Leconte (1866). It is extant.

It was assigned to Orchesiini by Bukejs and Alekseev (2015), Alekseev and Bukejs (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Microscapha Leconte
2015Microscapha Bukejs and Alekseev p. 352
2021Microscapha Alekseev and Bukejs p. 149

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyMelandryidae()
subfamilyMelandryinae
tribeOrchesiiniMulsant 1856
genusMicroscaphaLeconte 1866

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. Microscapha Leconte 1866
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†Microscapha andrzeji Bukejs and Alekseev 2015
†Microscapha kugelanni Alekseev and Bukejs 2021
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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland M. andrzeji (124519)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) M. andrzeji (152000) M. kugelanni (139928)