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Polyderis antigua

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Polyderis antigua was named by Erwin (1971). Its type specimen is UCMP 12974, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is UCMP B-7456, Simojovel area, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Polyderis antigua Erwin p. 234 fig. 3,5

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyTrechinae()
—Trechitae
tribeTachyiniMotschulsky 1862
subtribeTachyinaMotschulsky 1862
genusPolyderisMotschulsky 1862
speciesantigua

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.

†Polyderis antigua Erwin 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available