Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Mesosmicrips cretacea

Insecta - Coleoptera - Smicripidae

Taxonomy
Smicrips cretacea was named by Cai and Huang (2016). Its type specimen is NIGP 163547, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Mesosmicrips.

It was recombined as Mesosmicrips cretacea by Kirejtshuk (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Smicrips cretacea Cai and Huang p. 46 figs. 1-3
2017Mesosmicrips cretacea Kirejtshuk p. 36

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyNitiduloidea
familySmicripidaeHorn 1879
genusMesosmicrips
speciescretacea()

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.

Mesosmicrips cretacea Cai and Huang 2016
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available