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Elektrokleinia steffenseni

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Taxonomy
Elektrokleinia steffenseni was named by Fanti and Damgaard (2020). Its type specimen is ALDC0571/ALD.Bu.214, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Damgaard collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Elektrokleinia steffenseni Fanti and Damgaard p. 127 fig. 3,4

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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
speciessteffenseni

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 steffenseni Fanti and Damgaard 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 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 steffenseni (type locality: 178122)