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Schistomerus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Taxonomy
Schistomerus was named by Palmer (1957). It is not extant. Its type is Schistomerus californense. It is the type genus of Schistomerini.

It was assigned to Schistomerini by Palmer (1957) and Nilsson (2001); and to Dytiscidae by Carpenter (1992) and Park and Downing (2001).

Species
S. californense (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Schistomerus Palmer p. 259
1992Schistomerus Carpenter
2001Schistomerus Nilsson p. 268
2001Schistomerus Park and Downing p. 179

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyDytiscidae()
subfamilyHydroporinae()
tribeSchistomerini
genusSchistomerusPalmer 1957

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.

G. †Schistomerus Palmer 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available