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Baltistena ultima

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae

Taxonomy
Baltistena ultima was named by Batelka et al. (2023). Its type specimen is PrfUK65, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Charles University collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Baltistena ultima Batelka et al. p. 459 figs. 6A-C

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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
familyMordellidae()
subfamilyMordellinae
tribeMordellisteniniErmisch 1941
genusBaltistena
speciesultima

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.

Baltistena ultima Batelka et al. 2023
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Baltistena ultima (type locality: 207812)