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Boscoleus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Tshekardocoleidae

Taxonomy
Boscoleus was named by Kukalová (1968). It is not extant. Its type is Boscoleus blandus.

It was assigned to Tshekardocoleidae by Kukalová (1968) and Carpenter (1992); and to Moravocoleidae by Kukalová-Peck and Beutel (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Boscoleus Kukalová p. 149
1992Boscoleus Carpenter
2012Boscoleus Kukalová-Peck and Beutel p. 642

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
—Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
suborderProtocoleoptera()
superfamilyTshekardocoleoideaRodendorf 1944
familyTshekardocoleidae
genusBoscoleus

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available