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Lytta

Insecta - Coleoptera - Meloidae

Taxonomy
Lytta was named by Fabricius (1775). It is extant. It is the type genus of Lyttini.

It was assigned to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775); to Meloidae by Werner (1969); and to Lyttini by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Riccieri et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Lytta Fabricius p. 260
1969Lytta Werner p. 126
2011Lytta Bouchard et al. p. 439
2022Lytta Riccieri et al.

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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
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyMeloidaeGyllenhal 1810
subfamilyMeloinaeGyllenhal 1810
tribeLyttiniSolier 1851
genusLytta

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.

G. Lytta Fabricius 1775
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Lytta aesculapii Heer 1847
Lytta lithophila Wickham 1914
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: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Blancan or 37.20000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Cantharis lithophilus (106384)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) L. aesculapii (115304 115305 117252)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) L. sp. (154909)