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Prototrichalus meiyingae

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Prototrichalus meiyingae was named by Molina-Olmedo et al. (2020). Its type specimen is MTEC 057004, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber (MTEC collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2020-03-31; modified by M. Clapham on 2020-04-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Prototrichalus meiyingae Kazantsev p. 383
2020Prototrichalus meiyingae Molina-Olmedo et al. figs. 3A-E
2022Prototrichalus meiyingae Bocak et al. p. 2 figs. 1A-F

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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
subfamilyIschaliidae()
genusPrototrichalus
speciesmeiyingae

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.

Prototrichalus meiyingae Molina-Olmedo et al. 2020
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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 Prototrichalus meiyingae (type locality: 208365 216411)