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Semiotus menatensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Semiotus menatensis was named by Piton (1940). Its type specimen is Coll. Piton 943, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Menat (Piton collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Semiotus menatensis Piton p. 179 fig. 48
2021Semiotus menatensis Kundrata et al. p. 27

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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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
subfamilyDendrometrinae()
tribeSemiotini(Jacobson 1913)
genusSemiotusEschscholtz 1829
speciesmenatensis

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.

Semiotus menatensis Piton 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available