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Electrochelifer balticus

Arachnida - Pseudoscorpiones - Cheliferidae

Taxonomy
Electrochelifer balticus was named by Beier (1955). Its type specimen is GPIH 269, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Scheele collection, University of Hamburg, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Electrochelifer balticus Beier p. 53 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
HaplocnemataBorner 1904
orderPseudoscorpionesLatreille 1817
HomosphyronidaChamberlin 1929
suborderIocheirataHarvey 1992
infraorderPanctenataHarvey 1992
superfamilyCheliferoideaRisso 1826
familyCheliferidaeRisso 1826
genusElectrochelifer
speciesbalticus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: 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 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Electrochelifer balticus (type locality: 123771)