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Litargus (Litargosomus) dantiscensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mycetophagidae

Taxonomy
Litargus (Litargosomus) dantiscensis was named by Alekseev et al. (2020). Its type specimen is UCP UwB 260, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber (UCP UwB collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Litargus (Litargosomus) dantiscensis Alekseev et al. p. 406 figs. 1-12
2022Litargus (Litargosomus) dantiscensis Háva p. 298

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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
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyMycetophagidae()
subfamilyMycetophaginae
tribeMycetophagini
genusLitargus
subgenusLitargosomus()
speciesdantiscensis

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.

Litargus (Litargosomus) dantiscensis Alekseev et al. 2020
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Litargus dantiscensis (type locality: 44615)