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Pseudohydrophilus avitus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae

Taxonomy
Blabera avita was named by von Heyden (1847). It is an impression. Its type locality is Solnhofen (Historischen Vereins von Mittelfranken collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Blattidium avitum by Heer (1864); it was recombined as Pseudohydrophilus avitus by Handlirsch (1906), Ponomarenko (1971) and Soriano et al. (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Blabera avita von Heyden p. 100 figs. Pl 12, fig 5
1864Blattidium avitum Heer p. 289
1869Oryctes pluto Weyenbergh p. 36 fig. 49
1886Pseudohydrophilus longispinosus Deichmüller p. 67 figs. Pl 5 fig 10-12
1888Prodytiscus longispinosus Oppenheim p. 237 figs. Pl 31, fig 15
1896Palaeobelostoma hartingi Meunier p. 95 figs. Pl 6, figs 9,10
1906Pseudohydrophilus avitus Handlirsch p. 544 figs. Pl XLV fig 10, 11
1971Pseudohydrophilus avitus Ponomarenko p. 71 figs. Pl 78, figs 1,2; text-fig 5
2007Pseudohydrophilus avitus Soriano et al. p. 530

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyCoptoclavidaePonomarenko 1961
subfamilyTimarchopsinae
genusPseudohydrophilus
speciesavitus()

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.

Pseudohydrophilus avitus von Heyden 1847
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Invalid names: Oryctes pluto Weyenbergh 1869 [synonym], Palaeobelostoma hartingi Meunier 1896 [synonym], Pseudohydrophilus longispinosus Deichmüller 1886 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Blabera avita (152935) Oryctes pluto, Palaeobelostoma hartingi (123906) Prodytiscus longispinosus (123985) Pseudohydrophilus avitus (123144) Pseudohydrophilus longispinosus (133578)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Pseudohydrophilus avitus (122586 139876)