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Clytra greithiana

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Taxonomy
Melolontha greithiana was named by Heer (1847). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Greith coal mine, Hohenrhone, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-lacustrine marl in Switzerland.

It was recombined as Clytra greithiana by Santiago-Blay (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Melolontha greithiana Heer p. 67
1864Melolontha greithiana Heer pp. 378, 380 fig. 263
1994Clytra greithiana Santiago-Blay p. 17

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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()
subfamilyCryptocephalinaeGyllenhal 1813
tribeClytrini()
subtribeClytrina
genusClytra
speciesgreithiana()

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.

Clytra greithiana Heer 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available