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Brochocoleus punctatus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Taxonomy
Brochocoleus punctatus was named by Hong (1982). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sample II8P2L1, Chijinqiao, Yumen City, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Chijinbao Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Brochocoleus punctatus Hong p. 103 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-4; text-figs 73-78
2020Brochocoleus punctatus Kirejtshuk p. 24
2023Brochocoleus punctatus Lee et al. p. 501 fig. 5A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyOmmatidaeSharp and Muir 1912
subfamilyOmmatinaeSharp and Muir 1912
genusBrochocoleus
speciespunctatus

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
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

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Albian or 125.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Gansu) Brochocoleus punctatus (type locality: 155034)
Albian113.0 - 100.5South Korea Brochocoleus punctatus (184781)