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Oryctites

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Oryctites was named by Oppenheim (1888). Its type is Oryctites fossilis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cerambycinus by Handlirsch (1906).

It was assigned to Adephaga by Ponomarenko (1971).

Species
O. fossilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Oryctites Oppenheim
1971Oryctites Ponomarenko p. 67

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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
suborderAdephaga
genusOryctitesOppenheim 1888

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. †Oryctites Oppenheim 1888
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†Oryctites fossilis Oppenheim 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available