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Malmelater teyleri

Insecta - Coleoptera - Phoroschizidae

Taxonomy
Elater teyleri was named by Weyenbergh (1869). Its type specimen is TM 6425, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Solnhofen (Teyler Museum Collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Malmelater teyleri by Handlirsch (1906).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Lacon petrosum Weyenbergh pp. 37-38 fig. 45
1869Elater teyleri Weyenbergh p. 38 fig. 44
1906Malmelater teyleri Handlirsch p. 541

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilySchizocoleoidea
familyPhoroschizidae
genusMalmelater
speciesteyleri()

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.

†Malmelater teyleri Weyenbergh 1869
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Invalid names: Lacon petrosum Weyenbergh 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available