Amara paleomelas

Amara paleomelas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
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: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Pterostichinae
Tribus: Zabrini
Subtribus: Amarina
Genus: Amara
Subgenus:Incertae sedis
Species: †Amara paleomelas

Name

  • Amara paleomelas (Scudd., 1879)
  • Basionym: †Nebria paleomelas Samuel Hubbard Scudder, 1879

Type locality

  • Early Eocene Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Below main coal seam, Nicola River site, Coldwater Beds, Kamloops Group, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

  • Holotype: GSC 58
    • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Etymology

  • None given

References

  • Scudder, S. H (1879). Appendix A. The fossil insects collected in 1877, by Mr. G.M. Dawson, in the interior of British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1877–1878. pp. 175–185.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Bousquet Y. 2012. Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. ZooKeys (245): 1570. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087. 
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