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Avitortor leptoscelis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogidae

Taxonomy
Geotrupoides leptoscelis was named by Nikritin (1977). Its type specimen is PIN 3064/936, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 3064), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Avitortor leptoscelis by Nikolajev (1992), Krell (2000) and Nikolajev (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Geotrupoides leptoscelis Nikritin p. 122 figs. Pl 10, fig 6; text-fig 66
1992Avitortor leptoscelis Nikolajev p. 101
2000Avitortor leptoscelis Krell p. 888
2007Avitortor leptoscelis Nikolajev p. 116 figs. 36, 37

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyTrogidaeMacLeay 1819
subfamilyTroginaeMacLeay 1819
tribeAvitortorini()
genusAvitortor
speciesleptoscelis()

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.

†Avitortor leptoscelis Nikritin 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available