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Protoscelis nitidicornis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Anthribidae

Taxonomy
Protosceloides nitidicornis was named by Medvedev (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 2066/2593, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2066), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Protoscelis nitidicornis by Legalov (2012), Legalov (2013) and Legalov (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Protosceloides nitidicornis Medvedev p. 160 figs. Pl 16, fig 6; text-fig 5
2012Protoscelis nitidicornis Legalov p. 691
2013Protoscelis nitidicornis Legalov p. 296 figs. Pl 10, fig 2; text-figs 1d-f
2015Protoscelis nitidicornis Legalov p. 1451

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyAnthribidae()
subfamilyProtoscelinae
genusProtoscelis
speciesnitidicornis()

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.

†Protoscelis nitidicornis Medvedev 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available