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Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) ibis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Attelabidae

Taxonomy
Docirhynchus ibis was named by Wickham (1912). Its type specimen is UCM IP 8186, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (Cockerell Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Pseudomesauletes ibis by Legalov (2015), Poinar and Legalov (2015); it was recombined as Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) ibis by Bukejs and Legalov (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Docirhynchus ibis Wickham p. 34 figs. Pl 8, fig 1
2015Pseudomesauletes ibis Legalov p. 1502
2015Pseudomesauletes ibis Poinar and Legalov p. 71
2019Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) ibis Bukejs and Legalov p. 169

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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
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyAttelabidae()
subfamilyRhynchitinae()
Rhynchititae
tribeAuletiniDesbrochers des Loges 1908
subtribePseudomesauletina
genusPseudomesauletes
subgenusPseudomesauletes
speciesibis()

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.

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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: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Docirhynchus ibis (type locality: 114150)