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Mesostaphylinus yixianus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Mesostaphylinus yixianus was named by Solodovnikov and Yue (2013). Its type specimen is CNU-COL-LB2008767, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2008 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Mesostaphylinus yixianus Solodovnikov and Yue

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyPaederinae()
genusMesostaphylinus
speciesyixianus

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.

†Mesostaphylinus yixianus Solodovnikov and Yue 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available