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Nephus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Coccinellidae

Taxonomy
Nephus was named by Mulsant (1846). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scymnini by Barševskis and Lazdāns (2010) and Kirejtshuk and Nel (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Nephus Mulsant p. 237
2010Nephus Barševskis and Lazdāns
2012Nephus Kirejtshuk and Nel p. 138

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCoccinelloidea
familyCoccinellidae
subfamilyCoccinellinae
tribeScymnini
genusNephus

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. Nephus Mulsant 1846
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†Nephus subcircularis Kirejtshuk and Nel 2012
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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) N. subcircularis (123850)