Cheirotonus otai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Euchirini
Genus: Cheirotonus
Species: †Cheirotonus otai

Name

Cheirotonus otai Ueda, 1989: 107

Type locality: Fuganji Mudstone Formation; "Okamasu, Kokufu Town, Tottori Pref., Honshu, Japan".

Holotype: KMNH IP 000,001

Eponymy: "Masamichi Ota, Director of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History, who found this important fossil and encouraged me during this study" [Ueda, 1989: 109]

References

Primary references

• Ueda, K. 1989. A Miocene fossil of long-armed scarabeid beetle from Tottori, Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 9: 105–110. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Cheirotonus otai – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

日本語: イナバテナガコガネ