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Micrelus ericae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchaenus ericae was named by Gyllenhal (1813). It is extant. It is the type species of Micrelus.

It was recombined as Micrelus ericae by Böcher (1995) and Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1813Rhynchaenus ericae Gyllenhal
1995Micrelus ericae Böcher p. 48
1999Micrelus ericae Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal p. 105

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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
Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyCeutorhynchinae()
tribeCeutorhynchini
genusMicrelusThomson 1859
speciesericae(Gyllenhal 1813)

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.

Micrelus ericae Gyllenhal 1813
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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 Gelasian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Micrelus ericae (160109)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Micrelus ericae (168265 168268)