Leehermania

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myxophaga

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: Myxophaga

Genus: †Leehermania
Species (1): †L. prorova

Name

Leehermania Chatzimanolis, Grimaldi & Engel in Chatzimanolis et al., 2012: 6

Type species: Leehermania prorova Chatzimanolis, Grimaldi & Engel, 2012, by original designation [and monotypy].

References

Primary references

• Chatzimanolis, S., Grimaldi, D.A., Engel, M.S. & Fraser, N.C. 2012. Leehermania prorova, the earliest staphyliniform beetle, from the Late Triassic of Virginia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). American Museum Novitates 3761: 1–28. DOI: 10.1206/3761.2 . hdl: 2246/6393 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fikáček, M., Beutel, R.G., Cai, C-Y., Lawrence, J.F., Newton, A.F., Solodovnikov, A.Yu., Ślipiński, A., Thayer, M.K. & Yamamoto, S. 2019. Reliable placement of beetle fossils via phylogenetic analyses – Triassic Leehermania as a case study (Staphylinidae or Myxophaga?). Systematic Entomology 45(1): 175–187; online supplements. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12386 Reference page.  [placement in Myxophaga]