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Morychus aeneus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae

Taxonomy
Byrrhus aeneus was named by Fabricius (1775). It is extant.

It was recombined as Morychus aeneus by Coope et al. (1961) and Böcher (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Byrrhus aeneus Fabricius p. 60
1961Morychus aeneus Coope et al.
1995Morychus aeneus Böcher p. 43

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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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyByrrhoidea
familyByrrhidae()
subfamilyByrrhinae
tribeMorychiniEl Moursy 1961
genusMorychusErichson 1847
speciesaeneus()

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.

Morychus aeneus Fabricius 1775
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation Morychus aeneus (113713)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Morychus aeneus (160109)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Morychus aeneus (163070 163075)