Taphioporus is an extinct genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Baltic and Rovno amber from the upper Eocene.
Taphioporus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
Tribe: | Euryopini |
Genus: | †Taphioporus Moseyko & Kirejtshuk, 2013[1] |
Type species | |
Taphioporus balticus Moseyko & Kirejtshuk, 2013[1]
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The generic name is a combination of the generic names Taphius (the old name for Pathius) and Cleoporus.[1]
Species
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edit- ^ a b c d Moseyko, Alexey G.; Kirejtshuk, Alexander G. (2013). "On the taxonomic position of new taxa of the subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber". Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews. 6 (1–2): 163–172. doi:10.1163/18749836-06021063.
- ^ a b Bukejs, Andris; Moseyko, Alexey G. (2015). "Two new species of the genus Taphioporus Moseyko & Kirejtshuk (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Baltic amber" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4032 (4): 395–406. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4032.4.4. PMID 26624375.
- ^ Nadein, Konstantin S.; Perkovsky, Evgeny E.; Moseyko, Alexey G. (2015). "New Late Eocene Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic, Rovno and Danish ambers". Papers in Palaeontology. 2 (1): 117–137. doi:10.1002/spp2.1034. S2CID 86059856.