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Dytiscus avunculus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Taxonomy
Dytiscus avunculus was named by von Heyden (1862). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Höhgau, which is in a Miocene crater lake tuff in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Dytiscus avunculus von Heyden p. 81 figs. Pl 10, fig 39
2001Dytiscus avunculus Nilsson p. 266

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyDytiscidae()
subfamilyDytiscinae
tribeDytiscini
genusDytiscus
speciesavunculus

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.

†Dytiscus avunculus von Heyden 1862
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Diagnosis
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