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Ampliceps

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nemonychidae

Taxonomy

Ampliceps was named by Arnoldi (1977).

It was assigned to Oxycorynoidinae by Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999); to Oxycorynoidini by Arnoldi (1977), Legalov (2009) and Legalov (2010); and to Karataucarini by Legalov (2012), Gratshev and Legalov (2014) and Legalov (2015).

Species

A. dentitibia (syn. Oxycorynoides progressivus), A. dubius, A. furcitibia (syn. Medmetrioxenoides prodromus, Oxycorynoides zherichini, Paroxycorynoides elegans, Oxycorynoides ponomarenkoi), A. tenuirostris (syn. Scelocamptus curvipes), A. zimmermanni

Synonyms

Scelocamptus was named by Arnoldi (1977).

It was synonymized subjectively with Ampliceps by Gratshev and Legalov (2014) and Legalov (2015).

It was assigned to Oxycorynoidinae by Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999); and to Oxycorynoidini by Arnoldi (1977), Legalov (2009) and Legalov (2010).
Medmetrioxenoides was named by Gratshev and Legalov (2009).

It was synonymized subjectively with Ampliceps by Gratshev and Legalov (2014) and Legalov (2015).

It was assigned to Metrioxenoidinae by Gratshev and Legalov (2009) and Legalov (2010); and to Medmetrioxenoidesini by Legalov (2010).
Karataucar was named by Legalov (2009).

It was synonymized subjectively with Ampliceps by Gratshev and Legalov (2014) and Legalov (2015).

It was assigned to Karataucarini by Legalov (2009) and Legalov (2010).
Gratshevicar was named by Legalov (2009).

It was synonymized subjectively with Ampliceps by Legalov (2012), Gratshev and Legalov (2014) and Legalov (2015).

It was assigned to Karataucarini by Legalov (2009) and Legalov (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1977	Scelocamptus Arnoldi p. 164
1977	Ampliceps Arnoldi p. 166
1999	Ampliceps Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal p. 39
1999	Scelocamptus Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal p. 39
2009	Medmetrioxenoides Gratshev and Legalov p. 414
2009	Ampliceps Legalov p. 203
2009	Scelocamptus Legalov p. 204
2009	Gratshevicar Legalov p. 288
2009	Karataucar Legalov p. 288
2010	Ampliceps Legalov p. 76
2010	Scelocamptus Legalov p. 78
2010	Gratshevicar Legalov p. 79
2010	Karataucar Legalov p. 79
2010	Medmetrioxenoides Legalov p. 80
2012	Ampliceps Legalov p. 687
2014	Ampliceps Gratshev and Legalov p. 879
2015	Ampliceps Legalov p. 1448

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola

Rank	Name	Author
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
—	Coleopterida
order	Coleoptera
—	Mesocoleoptera
—	Metacoleoptera
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Cucujiformia	Lameere 1938
—	Phytophaga
superfamily	Curculionoidea
family	Nemonychidae
subfamily	Eobelinae	()
tribe	Karataucarini
genus	Ampliceps

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. †Ampliceps Arnoldi 1977

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†Ampliceps dentitibia Arnoldi 1977

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Invalid names: Oxycorynoides progressivus Arnoldi 1977 [synonym]

†Ampliceps dubius Arnoldi 1977

†Ampliceps furcitibia Arnoldi 1977

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Invalid names: Medmetrioxenoides prodromus Gratshev and Legalov 2009 [synonym], Oxycorynoides ponomarenkoi Arnoldi 1977 [synonym], Oxycorynoides zherichini Arnoldi 1977 [synonym], Paroxycorynoides elegans Arnoldi 1977 [synonym]

†Ampliceps tenuirostris Arnoldi 1977

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Invalid names: Scelocamptus curvipes Arnoldi 1977 [synonym]

†Ampliceps zimmermanni Legalov 2014

Invalid names: Gratshevicar Legalov 2009 [synonym], Karataucar Legalov 2009 [synonym], Medmetrioxenoides Gratshev and Legalov 2009 [synonym], Scelocamptus Arnoldi 1977 [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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	Kazakhstan (Chimkent)	A. dentitibia, A. furcitibia, A. tenuirostris, A. dubius (106279) A. furcitibia (31311) A. furcitibia, A. tenuirostris, A. dubius (105426) A. furcitibia, Medmetrioxenoides prodromus (113439) A. zimmermanni (122330) Oxycorynoides ponomarenkoi, Oxycorynoides progressivus, Scelocamptus dubius, A. dentitibia, A. furcitibia, A. tenuirostris, A. zimmermanni (105971) Oxycorynoides zherichini, A. dentitibia, A. furcitibia, A. dubius (106101) Paroxycorynoides elegans (115717) Scelocamptus curvipes, A. dentitibia, A. furcitibia, A. dubius (106102) Scelocamptus tenuirostris, A. dentitibia, A. furcitibia, A. tenuirostris, A. dubius (105970)