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Cryptocephalus pitoni

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Taxonomy
Cryptocephalus pitoni was named by Theobald (1937). Its type specimen is Bale Museum R 809, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Cryptocephalus pitoni Theobald p. 178 figs. Pl XII fig 33

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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
tribeCryptocephaliniGyllenhal 1813
subtribeCryptocephalinaGyllenhal 1813
genusCryptocephalus
speciespitoni

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.

†Cryptocephalus pitoni Theobald 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available