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Plategeocranus sulcatus

Arachnida - Acariformes - Archaeorchestidae

Taxonomy
Nothrus sulcatus was named by Karsch (1884). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Humboldt Museum Kühl collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Plategeocranus sulcatus by Sellnick (1919), Sidorchuk and Norton (2011) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Nothrus sulcatus Karsch p. 176
1919Plategeocranus sulcatus Sellnick p. 28 figs. Pl 42, fig 2
2011Plategeocranus sulcatus Sidorchuk and Norton p. 16 figs. 1-60
2013Plategeocranus sulcatus Dunlop et al. p. 97

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderAcariformes(Zakhvatkin 1952)
suborderSarcoptiformesReuter 1909
infraorderOribatidaDugès 1834
—BrachypylinaHull 1918
superfamilyZetorchestoideaMichael 1898
familyArchaeorchestidae
genusPlategeocranus
speciessulcatus()

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.

†Plategeocranus sulcatus Karsch 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available