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Toxorhynchus florissantensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae

Taxonomy
Apion florissantensis was named by Wickham (1916). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Toxorhynchus florissantensis by Legalov (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Apion florissantensis Wickham p. 12 figs. Pl 2, fig 9
2015Toxorhynchus florissantensis Legalov p. 1481

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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
—Aparaglossata
RankNameAuthor
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyBrentidae()
subfamilyApioninae(Schoenherr 1823)
—ApionitaeSchonherr 1823
tribeApioniniSchonherr 1823
subtribeToxorhynchina
genusToxorhynchus
speciesflorissantensis()

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