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Ergates spectabilis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae

Taxonomy
Prionus spectabilis was named by Heer (1864). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Ergates spectabilis by Cockerell (1922).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Prionus spectabilis Heer p. 375 fig. 251
1922Ergates spectabilis Cockerell p. 177

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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
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyCerambycidae()
subfamilyPrioninae()
tribeErgatiniFairmaire 1864
genusErgates
speciesspectabilis()

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.

Ergates spectabilis Heer 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available