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Neothanes testeus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Cychrus testeus was named by Scudder (1878). Its type specimen is 4059, an elytra (pair of elytra), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Neothanes testeus by Scudder (1890) and Scudder (1900).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Cychrus testeus Scudder pp. 758-759
1890Neothanes testeus Scudder p. 535 figs. Pl 7 figs 32, 39
1900Neothanes testeus Scudder p. 14 figs. Pl 1, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
genusNeothanes
speciestesteus()

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.

†Neothanes testeus Scudder 1878
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Diagnosis
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