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Elektrokleinia picta

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Taxonomy
Elektrokleinia picta was named by Ellenberger and Fanti (2019). Its type specimen is GPIH 4957, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (GPIH coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Elektrokleinia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Elektrokleinia picta Ellenberger and Fanti p. 595 figs. 1-3

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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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyCantharidaeImhoff 1856
subfamilyCantharinaeImhoff 1856
tribeCanthariniImhoff 1856
genusElektrokleinia
speciespicta

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.

Elektrokleinia picta Ellenberger and Fanti 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

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 - 93.5Myanmar Elektrokleinia picta (type locality: 172900)