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Sitonites

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Sitonites was named by Heer (1864).

It was assigned to Curculionidae by Handlirsch (1906); and to Coleoptera by Legalov (2011) and Legalov (2015).

Species
S. melanarius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Sitonites Heer p. 90
1906Sitonites Handlirsch p. 442
2011Sitonites Legalov p. 70
2015Sitonites Legalov p. 1446

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
genusSitonites

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. †Sitonites Heer 1864
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†Sitonites melanarius Heer 1864
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: Angulata or 201.30000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Switzerland S. melanarius (131766)