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Monticupes decorosus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Taxonomy
Tetraphalerus decorosus was named by Tan et al. (2012). Its type specimen is CNU-C-LB2010812, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2010 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

It was recombined as Monticupes decorosus by Kirejtshuk (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Tetraphalerus decorosus Tan et al. p. 13 figs. 2, 5D
2020Monticupes decorosus Kirejtshuk p. 35

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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
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyOmmatidaeSharp and Muir 1912
subfamilyOmmatinaeSharp and Muir 1912
genusMonticupes
speciesdecorosus()

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.

†Monticupes decorosus Tan et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available