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Spermophagus vivificatus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Taxonomy
Spermophagus vivificatus was named by Scudder (1876). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Near Castello's Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Spermophagus vivificatus Scudder p. 82
1885Spermophagus vivificatus Scudder p. 792 fig. 1019
1900Spermophagus vivificatus Scudder p. 113 figs. Pl 11, fig 6

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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
—Aparaglossata
RankNameAuthor
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyChrysomelidae()
subfamilyBruchinae()
tribeAmblycerini()
subtribeSpermophagina()
genusSpermophagusSchoenherr 1833
speciesvivificatus

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.

†Spermophagus vivificatus Scudder 1876
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available