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Potamophilites

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Potamophilites was named by Haupt (1956). Its type is Potamophilites angustifrons.

It was assigned to Dryopidae by Haupt (1956); and to Polyphaga by Jäch et al. (2016).

Species
P. angustifrons (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Potamophilites Haupt p. 49
2016Potamophilites Jäch et al. p. 243

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
genusPotamophilites

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. †Potamophilites Haupt 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available