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Mesoxytelus mandibularis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Mesoxytelus mandibularis was named by Tikhomirova (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 2554/664, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2554), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Mesoxytelus mandibularis Tikhomirova p. 147 figs. Pl 18, fig 2; text-fig 8
2001Mesoxytelus mandibularis Herman p. 1779
2016Mesoxytelus mandibularis Cai et al. p. 347

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyOxytelinae()
genusMesoxytelus
speciesmandibularis

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.

†Mesoxytelus mandibularis Tikhomirova 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available