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Holcoptera alisonae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae

Taxonomy
Holcoptera alisonae was named by Kelly et al. (2017). Its type specimen is NHMUK In.59115, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Flatstones, Stonebarrow, Charmouth (Jackson collection), which is in an Obtusum marine mudstone in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Holcoptera alisonae Kelly et al. p. 670 fig. 12

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyCoptoclavidaePonomarenko 1961
subfamilyCoptoclaviscinae
genusHolcoptera
speciesalisonae

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.

Holcoptera alisonae Kelly et al. 2017
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Obtusum or 196.50000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Dorset) Holcoptera alisonae (189405 189408)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Holcoptera alisonae (189404) Holcoptera schlotheimi (type locality: 114638 114639)
Turneri196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Dorset) Holcoptera alisonae (189409 189410)