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Hydrophilus magnificus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Taxonomy
Hydrophilus magnificus was named by Piton and Théobald (1939). Its type specimen is MNHN-F-R55024, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Puy-Saint-Jean, which is in an Oligocene crater lake limestone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Hydrophilus magnificus Piton and Théobald p. 99 figs. Pl 2, fig 2

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHydrophiloidea
familyHydrophilidae
subfamilyHydrophilinae()
tribeHydrophilini
subtribeHydrophilina
genusHydrophilus
speciesmagnificus

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.

†Hydrophilus magnificus Piton and Théobald 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available