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Contacyphon keilbachi

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scirtidae

Taxonomy
Cyphon keilbachi was named by Klausnitzer (2004). Its type specimen is GPIH 4321, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Contacyphon keilbachi by Zwick et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Cyphon keilbachi Klausnitzer p. 100 figs. 1-5
2011Cyphon keilbachi Klausnitzer p. 12 figs. 5-7
2013Contacyphon keilbachi Zwick et al. p. 343

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
—Scirtiformia
superfamilyScirtoidea
familyScirtidae()
subfamilyScirtinae
genusContacyphon
specieskeilbachi()

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.

†Contacyphon keilbachi Klausnitzer 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available