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Aposphinctus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Taxonomy

Aposphinctus was named by Bode (1953). Its type is Aposphinctus conservatus.

It was assigned to Hydrophilidae by Ponomarenko (1992); and to Coleoptera by Bode (1953) and Carpenter (1992).

Species

A. conservatus (syn. Spalacoides simplex) (type species), A. sibiricus, A. striatus (syn. Hexameristus inflatus)

Synonyms

Streblocardioides was named by Bode (1953).

It was synonymized subjectively with Aposphinctus by Ponomarenko (1992).

It was assigned to Coleoptera by Bode (1953).
Hexameristus was named by Bode (1953).

It was synonymized subjectively with Aposphinctus by Ponomarenko (1992).

It was assigned to Coleoptera by Bode (1953).
Spalacoides was named by Bode (1953).

It was synonymized subjectively with Aposphinctus by Ponomarenko (1992).

It was assigned to Coleoptera by Bode (1953).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1953	Aposphinctus Bode
1953	Hexameristus Bode
1953	Spalacoides Bode
1953	Streblocardioides Bode
1953	Hexameristus Bode p. 210
1953	Streblocardioides Bode p. 210
1953	Spalacoides Bode p. 214
1953	Aposphinctus Bode p. 223
1992	Aposphinctus Carpenter p. 318
1992	Aposphinctus Ponomarenko p. 186

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
—	Coleopterida
order	Coleoptera
—	Mesocoleoptera
—	Metacoleoptera
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Staphyliniformia
superfamily	Hydrophiloidea
family	Hydrophilidae
genus	Aposphinctus

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. †Aposphinctus Bode 1953

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†Aposphinctus conservatus Bode 1953

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Invalid names: Spalacoides simplex Bode 1953 [synonym]

†Aposphinctus sibiricus Ponomarenko 1990

†Aposphinctus striatus Bode 1953

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Invalid names: Hexameristus inflatus Bode 1953 [synonym]

Invalid names: Hexameristus Bode 1953 [synonym], Spalacoides Bode 1953 [synonym], Streblocardioides Bode 1953 [synonym]

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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Hauterivian or 183.00000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian	183.0 - 182.0	Germany (Niedersachsen)	Hexameristus inflatus (105002) Spalacoides simplex (107555) Streblocardioides striatus, A. conservatus (107343)
Tithonian	152.1 - 145.0	Russian Federation (Chita)	A. sibiricus (125407 152172)
Hauterivian	132.9 - 129.4	Russian Federation (Chita)	A. sibiricus (125409)