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Peltis tricostata

Insecta - Coleoptera - Peltidae

Taxonomy
Peltis tricostata was named by Heer (1847). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Silpha tricostata by Heer (1862), Heer (1864) and Scudder (1885).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Peltis tricostata Heer p. 39 figs. Pl 7, fig 34
1862Silpha tricostata Heer p. 50 figs. Pl 3, figs 7,8
1864Silpha tricostata Heer p. 382 fig. 275
1885Silpha tricostata Scudder p. 801 fig. 1061

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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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCleroidea
familyPeltidae
genusPeltis
speciestricostata

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.

†Peltis tricostata Heer 1847
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Diagnosis
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