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Quasicalathus elpis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Calathus elpis was named by Ortuño and Arillo (2009). Its type specimen is MCNA 13638, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, MCNA collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Quasicalathus elpis by Schmidt and Will (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Calathus elpis Ortuño and Arillo p. 56 figs. 1-3
2022Quasicalathus elpis Schmidt and Will p. 28 figs. 1-20, 34-64

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyHarpalinae()
tribeSphodriniLaporte 1834
subtribeCalathinaLaporte 1834
genusQuasicalathus
specieselpis()

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.

Quasicalathus elpis Ortuño and Arillo 2009
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Quasicalathus elpis (110737)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Calathus elpis (type locality: 123462) Quasicalathus elpis (110735 123420 220533)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Quasicalathus elpis (123419)