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Syndesus ambericus

Description

Syndesus ambericus is an extinct species of stag beetles in the subfamily Syndesinae known from a single possibly Miocene fossil found on Hispaniola. S. ambericus is the first species of stag beetle to have been described from fossils found in Dominican amber and is one of four species from amber, and the only stag beetle species known from the Caribbean.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8707222https://www.gbif.org/species/8707222
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)226308https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=226308
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Lucanidae : Syndesus : Syndesus ambericus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Lucanidae : Syndesus : Syndesus ambericus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-ColeopteridaKukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
orderColeopteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderScarabaeiformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyScarabaeoideaLatreille 1802
familyLucanidaeLatreille 1804
genusSyndesusMacleay 1819
speciesSyndesus ambericusWoodruff 2009
Generic NameSyndesus
Scientific NameSyndesus ambericus Woodruff, 2009
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Syndesus ambericusspeciesbelongs to Syndesusstated with evidenceWoodruff, 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. E. Woodruff. 2009. A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber,with Australasian connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Insecta Mundi 0098:1-10
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndesus_ambericus

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2009Syndesus ambericus Woodruff figs. 3-4, 7-11

References

Woodruff R. E. (2009) A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber,with Australasian connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), Insecta Mundi 0098, 1-10
Woodruff R.E. (2009) A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber, with Australasian connections: Insecta Mundi 98:1-10 - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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