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Helophorus (Mesosperchus) yixianus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Helophoridae

Taxonomy
Helophorus (Mesosperchus) yixianus was named by Fikáček et al. (2012). Its type specimen is CNU-COL-LB2010004, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2010 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Helophorus (Mesosperchus) yixianus Fikáček et al. p. 108 figs. 28, 85, 86

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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()
speciesyixianus

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.

Helophorus (Mesosperchus) yixianus Fikáček et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available