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Orphnospercheus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Taxonomy
Orphnospercheus was named by Lin (1992). Its type is Orphnospercheus lonjingensis.

It was assigned to Hydrophilidae by Lin (1992).

Species
O. lonjingensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Orphnospercheus Lin p. 423

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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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHydrophiloidea
familyHydrophilidae
genusOrphnospercheus

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.

G. †Orphnospercheus Lin 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available