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Ctenicera velata

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Corymbites velatus was named by Scudder (1876). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Richardson Coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Ctenicera velata by Kundrata et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Corymbites velatus Scudder p. 81
1878Corymbites velatus Scudder p. 762
1890Corymbites velatus Scudder p. 496
1900Corymbites velatus Scudder p. 96
2021Ctenicera velata Kundrata et al. p. 24

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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()
tribeProsterniniGistel 1856
genusCteniceraLatreille 1829
speciesvelata()

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.

Ctenicera velata Scudder 1876
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Diagnosis
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