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Metacatharsius

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Metacatharsius was named by Paulian (1939). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scarabaeidae by Paulian (1976); and to Scarabaeinae by Krell (2000), Tarasov and Dimitrov (2016) and Tarasov et al. (2016).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Metacatharsius Paulian
1976Metacatharsius Paulian p. 2
2000Metacatharsius Krell p. 879
2016Metacatharsius Tarasov and Dimitrov
2016Metacatharsius Tarasov et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyScarabaeinae
genusMetacatharsiusPaulian 1939

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. Metacatharsius Paulian 1939
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Metacatharsius rusingae Paulian 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available