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Megadytes nicoleti

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Taxonomy
Cybister nicoleti was named by Heer (1862). It is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Megadytes nicoleti by Nilsson (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Cybister nicoleti Heer p. 40 figs. Pl 2, figs 21,22
2001Megadytes nicoleti 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
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyDytiscidae()
subfamilyCybisterinae()
genusMegadytesSharp 1882
speciesnicoleti()

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.

Megadytes nicoleti Heer 1862
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Diagnosis
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