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Protocerapterus primigenius

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Protocerapterus primigenius was named by Wasmann (1926). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland. It is the type species of Protocerapterus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Protocerapterus primigenius Wasmann p. 27
1929Protocerapterus primigenius Wasmann p. 42 figs. Pl 3, figs 27,28
1987Protocerapterus primigenius Nagel p. 166

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyPaussinae(Latreille 1806)
tribePaussiniLatreille 1806
subtribeCerapterina()
genusProtocerapterus
speciesprimigenius

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.

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Diagnosis
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