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Amplectister tenax

Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae

Taxonomy
Amplectister tenax was named by Caterino and Maddison (2018). Its type specimen is OSAC_002900057, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber (OSAC collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Amplectister tenax Caterino and Maddison p. 121 figs. 1-10
2021Amplectister tenax Caterino p. 219
2024Amplectister tenax Simon-Pražák et al. p. 22 fig. 14A,D

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHisteroideaGyllenhal 1808
familyHisteridaeGyllenhal 1808
genusAmplectister
speciestenax

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.

†Amplectister tenax Caterino and Maddison 2018
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Amplectister tenax (type locality: 221886)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Amplectister tenax (222694)