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Coccinella andromeda

Insecta - Coleoptera - Coccinellidae

Taxonomy
Coccinella andromeda was named by Heer (1847). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. wittsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Coccinella andromeda Heer p. 216 figs. pl 7, fig 16
1864Coccinella andromeda Heer p. 371

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCoccinelloidea
familyCoccinellidae
subfamilyCoccinellinae
tribeCoccinellini
genusCoccinella
speciesandromeda

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.

†Coccinella andromeda Heer 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available