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Leipolygaeus similis

Insecta - Hemiptera - Lygaeidae

Taxonomy
Leipolygaeus similis was named by Lin (1985). Its type specimen is 2p43-H26-79(238), an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Pengzhuang village, Hanshan County, which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Hanshan Formation of China. It is the type species of Leipolygaeus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Leipolygaeus similis Lin p. 304 figs. 9; Pl III fig 5, 6, 8

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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
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderPentatomomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyLygaeoideaSchilling 1829
familyLygaeidaeSchilling 1829
genusLeipolygaeus
speciessimilis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available