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Psiloptera maculata

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Taenionotus maculatus was named by Haupt (1950). Its type specimen is GPIUH 3563, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Geiseltal (Halle collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany.

It was recombined as Psiloptera maculata by Weidlich (1987) and Bellamy (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Taenionotus maculatus Haupt p. 87 fig. 50
1987Psiloptera maculata Weidlich p. 38
2008Psiloptera maculata Bellamy

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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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyChrysochroinaeLaporte 1835
tribeDicercini()
subtribeDicercina
genusPsilopteraDejean 1833
speciesmaculata()

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.

Psiloptera maculata Haupt 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available