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Meligethes detractus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae

Taxonomy
Meligethes detractus was named by Förster (1891). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Brunstatt, horizon d2, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine - large marl in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Meligethes detractus Förster p. 370 figs. Pl 11, fig 16
1937Meligethes detractus Theobald p. 174 figs. Pl XII fig 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyNitiduloidea
familyNitidulidae()
subfamilyMeligethinaeThomson 1859
genusMeligethes
speciesdetractus

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.

Meligethes detractus Förster 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Meligethes detractus (type locality: 121473)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Meligethes detractus (122407)