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Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum

Insecta - Coleoptera - Micromalthidae

Taxonomy
Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum was named by Kirejtshuk and Azar (2008). Its type specimen is JS27 Acra Coll., an exoskeleton (larvae), and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Jezzine (MNHN collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon. It is the type species of Cretomalthus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum Kirejtshuk and Azar p. 17 figs. Fig 1-5 Pl 1 fig A-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyMicromalthidae
genusCretomalthus
speciesacracrowsonorum

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.

†Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008
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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: Early/Lower Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum (type locality: 123000)