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Protopeplus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Protopeplus was named by Cai and Huang (2014). Its type is Protopeplus cretaceus.

It was assigned to Micropeplinae by Cai and Huang (2014).

Species
P. cretaceus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Protopeplus Cai and Huang p. 814

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyMicropeplinae()
genusProtopeplus

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.

G. †Protopeplus Cai and Huang 2014
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†Protopeplus cretaceus Cai and Huang 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available