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Pterostichus destructus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Pterostichus destructus was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is Hinde 14519, an elytra (elytron fragment), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Scarborough Bluffs (Hinde collection), which is in a Pleistocene lacustrine deltaic siltstone in the Scarborough Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. planicollis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Pterostichus destructus Scudder p. 527 figs. Pl 1 fig 46
1895Pterostichus destructus Scudder p. 52
1900Pterostichus destructus Scudder p. 22

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyHarpalinae()
tribePterostichini()
subtribePterostichina
genusPterostichus
speciesdestructus

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.

†Pterostichus destructus Scudder 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available