Chimerogyrus gigagalea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

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: Adephaga

Familia: Gyrinidae
Subfamilia: Gyrininae
Stem group: Dineutini + Orectochilini
Genus: †Chimerogyrus
Species: †Chimerogyrus gigagalea

Name

Chimerogyrus gigagalea Gustafson, Michat & Balke, 2020

Type material: Single Burmese amber piece, deposited in ZSMG.

Type locality: Myanmar, Kachin State, Hukawng valley near Tanai.

References

Primary references

• Gustafson, G.T., Michat, M.C. & Balke, M. 2020. Burmese amber reveals a new stem lineage of whirligig beetle (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) based on the larval stage. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189(4): 1232–1248. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz161 . Reference page.