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Perapion menatensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae

Taxonomy
Perapion menatensis was named by Legalov et al. (2017). Its type specimen is MTM MNT 05 167, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Menat (MNT collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Perapion menatensis Legalov et al. p. 252 fig. 2

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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
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyBrentidae()
subfamilyApioninae(Schoenherr 1823)
tribeAplemoniniKissinger 1968
genusPerapionWagner 1907
speciesmenatensis

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.

†Perapion menatensis Legalov et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available