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Abdera (Abdera) rikojotensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Melandryidae

Taxonomy
Abdera (Abdera) rikojotensis was named by Alekseev (2014). Its type specimen is Hoffeins 882-1, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Abdera rikojotensis by Bukejs and Alekseev (2015) and Alekseev and Bukejs (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Abdera (Abdera) rikojotensis Alekseev p. 88 figs. 23-25
2015Abdera rikojotensis Bukejs and Alekseev p. 357
2021Abdera rikojotensis Alekseev and Bukejs p. 161

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyMelandryidae()
subfamilyMelandryinae
tribeDircaeiniMulsant 1856
genusAbderaStephens 1832
subgenusAbderaStephens 1832
speciesrikojotensis

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.

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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Abdera rikojotensis (type locality: 123419)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Abdera rikojotensis (152000 192258)