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Rhabdocupes minisculus

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Amblomma miniscula was named by Tan et al. (2006). Its type specimen is CNU-C-LB2005005(1-2), an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2005 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

It was recombined as Zygadenia miniscula by Kirejtshuk (2020); it was recombined as Notocupes miniscula by Strelnikova and Yan (2023); it was recombined as Rhabdocupes minisculus by Strelnikova and Yan (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Amblomma miniscula Tan et al. p. 477 figs. 3; Pl II-1,2
2009Amblomma miniscula Tan and Ren p. 85 fig. 6.22
2020Zygadenia miniscula Kirejtshuk p. 45 figs. 18C-F
2023Rhabdocupes minisculus Strelnikova and Yan p. 13 fig. 40
2023Notocupes miniscula Strelnikova and Yan p. 176

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
genusRhabdocupes
speciesminisculus()

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.

†Rhabdocupes minisculus Tan et al. 2006
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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: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Amblomma miniscula (type locality: 111717)