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Shepherdia quadrivittata

Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizocoleidae

Taxonomy
Shepherdia quadrivittata was named by Dunstan (1923). Its type specimen is GSQ 130, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Shepherdia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Shepherdia quadrivittata Dunstan p. 39 figs. Pl 4, fig 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilySchizocoleoidea
familySchizocoleidae
genusShepherdia
speciesquadrivittata

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.

†Shepherdia quadrivittata Dunstan 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available