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Pycnomerus rimatara

Insecta - Coleoptera - Zopheridae

Taxonomy
Pycnomerus rimatara was named by Porch and Smith (2017). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maunutu Swamp, Rimatara, which is in a Holocene mire/swamp horizon in French Polynesia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Pycnomerus rimatara Porch and Smith p. 157 figs. 2-4

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyZopheridaeSolier 1834
subfamilyZopherinaeSolier 1834
tribePycnomerini(Erichson 1845)
genusPycnomerusErichson 1842
speciesrimatara

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.

†Pycnomerus rimatara Porch and Smith 2017
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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: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Pycnomerus rimatara (type locality: 219256)