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Bostrychiformia (disused)

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Bostrychiformia was named by Forbes (1926) [rank=series]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Polyphaga by Crowson (1981).

Subtaxa
Dermestoidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Bostrychiformia Forbes
1981Bostrychiformia Crowson p. 696

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderBostrychiformiaForbes 1926
infraorderBostrychiformiaForbes 1926

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.

Infraor. Bostrychiformia Forbes 1926
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Invalid names: Dermestoidea Latreille 1804 [empty]
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available