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Helophorus (Mesosperchus)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Helophoridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Mesosperchus Ponomarenko p. 108
1985Mesosperchus Ponomarenko p. 142
1992Mesosperchus Carpenter
2012Helophorus (Mesosperchus) Fikáček et al. p. 103
2014Helophorus (Mesosperchus) Ponomarenko p. 1664

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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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHydrophiloidea
familyHelophoridae()
genusHelophorus()
subgenusMesosperchus()

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.

Subg. †Helophorus (Mesosperchus) Ponomarenko 1977
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Helophorus (Mesosperchus) gracilis Prokin et al. 2010
Helophorus (Mesosperchus) inceptivus Fikáček et al. 2012
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Invalid names: Mesohelophorus elongatus Ponomarenko 1990 [synonym]
Helophorus (Mesosperchus) yixianus Fikáček et al. 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available