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Montsecbelus solutus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Belidae

Taxonomy
Eobelus solutus was named by Whalley and Jarzembowski (1985). Its type specimen is NHM In 59510, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is La Pedrera de Rubies (BMNH 1955 collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain.

It was recombined as Montsecbelus solutus by Zherikhin and Gratshev (1997), Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999), Legalov (2009), Legalov (2012) and Legalov (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Eobelus solutus Whalley and Jarzembowski p. 400 fig. 17
1997Montsecbelus solutus Zherikhin and Gratshev p. 627 fig. 1
1999Montsecbelus solutus Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal p. 39
2009Montsecbelus solutus Legalov p. 303
2012Montsecbelus solutus Legalov p. 691
2015Montsecbelus solutus Legalov p. 1474

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyBelidaeSchoenherr 1826
subfamilyMontsecbelinae
tribeMontsecbelini
genusMontsecbelus
speciessolutus()

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.

Montsecbelus solutus Whalley and Jarzembowski 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available