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Cretasyne longa

Insecta - Coleoptera - Eulichadidae

Taxonomy
Cretasyne longa was named by Yan et al. (2013). Its type specimen is NIGP 154574, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Yangshuwanzi, Ningcheng County (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Cretasyne longa Yan et al. p. 48 fig. 5,6

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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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyDryopoidea
familyEulichadidaeCrowson 1973
subfamilyEulichadinaeCrowson 1973
genusCretasyne
specieslonga

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.

Cretasyne longa Yan et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available