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Amphotis oeningensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae

Taxonomy
Amphotis oeningensis was named by Heer (1862). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Bruckmann collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Amphotis oeningensis Heer p. 53 figs. Pl 3, fig 31

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyNitiduloidea
familyNitidulidae()
subfamilyNitidulinae
tribeNitidulini
genusAmphotis
speciesoeningensis

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.

†Amphotis oeningensis Heer 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available