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Mimemala punctatum

Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizocoleidae

Taxonomy
Mimema punctatum was named by Handlirsch (1906). It is an impression. Its type locality is Sevenhampton, Gloucestershire (Brodie Coll.), which is in a Bathonian marine limestone in the Great Oolite Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Mimema, Mimemala.

It was recombined as Mimemala punctatum by Strand (1936).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Mimema punctatum Handlirsch pp. 557-558 figs. Pl XlV fig 51
1936Mimemala punctatum Strand p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilySchizocoleoidea
familySchizocoleidae
genusMimemala
speciespunctatum()

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.

†Mimemala punctatum Handlirsch 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available