Gnathopeltos dixis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polyphaga

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

Stem-group Polyphaga
Familia: †Peltosynidae
Genus: †Gnathopeltos
Species: †Gnathopeltos dixis

Name

Gnathopeltos dixis Yan, Beutel & Ponomarenko, 2017

Holotype: PIN 2070/1620, impression of beetle without antennae and distal parts of most legs.

Type locality: Lower Triassic, Dzhailyaucho, Middle Asia.

References

Primary references

• Yan, E.V., Beutel, R.G. & Ponomarenko, A.G. 2017 (online) [2018 (print)]. †Peltosynidae, a new beetle family from the Middle–Late Triassic of Kyrgyzstan: its affinities with Polyphaga (Insecta, Coleoptera) and the groundplan of this megadiverse suborder. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(6): 515–530. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1313789 . ResearchGate . Reference page.