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Apionion evestigatum

Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae

Taxonomy
Apion evestigatum was named by Scudder (1893). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Roan Mountain (Scudder Coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Legalov (2015); it was recombined as Apionion evestigatum by Legalov (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Apion evestigatum Scudder p. 84 figs. Pl 10, fig 8
2018Apionion evestigatum Legalov p. 295

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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
genusApionion
speciesevestigatum()

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.

Apionion evestigatum Scudder 1893
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Diagnosis
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