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Plagiodera lyelliana

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Taxonomy
Chrysomela lyelliana was named by Heer (1856). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

It was recombined as Plagiodera lyelliana by Theobald (1937).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Chrysomela tertiaria Giebel p. 121
1856Chrysomela lyelliana Heer p. 26 figs. Pl 1, fig 18
1874Chrysomela lyelliana Oustalet p. 328 figs. Pl 5, fig 14; pl 6, fig 2
1874Chrysomela matrona Oustalet p. 331 figs. Pl 5, fig 13
1937Plagiodera lyelliana Theobald p. 297

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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
Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyChrysomelidae()
subfamilyChrysomelinae
tribeChrysomelini
genusPlagiodera
specieslyelliana()

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.

Plagiodera lyelliana Heer 1856
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Invalid names: Chrysomela matrona Oustalet 1874 [synonym], Chrysomela tertiaria Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the MP 23 to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Plagiodera lyelliana (122535)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Chrysomela lyelliana (123943) Chrysomela matrona (122501) Chrysomela sp. (122877) Plagiodera lyelliana (138838)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Chrysomela lyelliana (122487 122488)