Syndesus ambericus

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: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Syndesinae
Genus: Syndesus
Species: †Syndesus ambericus

Name

• Syndesus ambericus Woodruff, 2009
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated and unique
    • Description: [adult] male in Dominican amber
    • Repository: 'Deposited in the Brodzinsky-Lopez Peña Collection, USNM #502873, Acc. # 371429, Woodruff # 5656, housed in the Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.'
  • Type locality: 'Dominican Republic, probably Cordillera Septentrional'

References

Primary references

• Woodruff, R.E. 2009: A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber, with Australasian connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Insecta mundi, (0098) PDF