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Allophalerus aphaleratus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Taxonomy
Tetraphalerus aphaleratus was named by Ponomarenko (1969). Its type specimen is PIN 1059/74, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Kyzyl-Kiya (PIN collection 1059), which is in a Pliensbachian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in Kyrgyzstan. It is the type species of Allophalerus.

It was recombined as Brochocoleus aphaleratus by Ponomarenko (1997); it was recombined as Allophalerus aphaleratus by Kirejtshuk (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Tetraphalerus aphaleratus Ponomarenko p. 100 figs. Pl 8, figs 1,2; text-fig 55
1997Brochocoleus aphaleratus Ponomarenko p. 399
2020Allophalerus aphaleratus Kirejtshuk p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyOmmatidaeSharp and Muir 1912
subfamilyOmmatinaeSharp and Muir 1912
genusAllophalerus
speciesaphaleratus()

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.

Allophalerus aphaleratus Ponomarenko 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pliensbachian or 190.80000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Tetraphalerus aphaleratus (type locality: 122971)