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Rossocoleus ellipticus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Rhombocoleidae

Taxonomy
Curculiopsis ellipticus was named by Martynov (1937). Its type specimen is PIN 100, an elytra, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Kargala (PIN collection 100), which is in a Capitanian terrestrial mudstone in the Amanak Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Rossocoleus, Curculiopsis.

It was recombined as Rossocoleus ellipticus by Rohdendorf (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Curculiopsis ellipticus Martynov p. 40 figs. Fig 18
1961Rossocoleus ellipticus Rohdendorf p. 456

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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
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyRhombocoleoidea
familyRhombocoleidae
genusRossocoleus
speciesellipticus()

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.

Rossocoleus ellipticus Martynov 1937
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Diagnosis
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