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Katyacantharis zherikhini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Taxonomy
Katyacantharis zherikhini was named by Kazantsev and Perkovsky (2019). Its type specimen is PIN 3517/18, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Agdzhakend amber, Tsimkhadzor site (PIN collection 3517), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Azerbaijan. It is the type species of Katyacantharis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Katyacantharis zherikhini Kazantsev and Perkovsky p. 9 figs. 2-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyCantharidaeImhoff 1856
genusKatyacantharis
specieszherikhini

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.

Katyacantharis zherikhini Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2019
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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 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Azerbaijan Katyacantharis zherikhini (type locality: 123531)