Palaeoestes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Endomychidae
Subfamilia: Leiestinae
Genus: †Palaeoestes
Species: P. eocenicus

[species after Kirejtshuk & Nel (2009)]
Name

Palaeoestes Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2009
Gender

masculine
Type species

Palaeoestes eocenicus Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2009, by original designation [and monotypy]

References
cited sources

Kirejtshuk, A.G.; Nel, A. 2009: New genera and species of Cucujiformia (Coleoptera, Polyphaga) from lowermost Eocene French amber. Denisia, 26: 103–118. Abstract

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Kirejtshuk, A.G.: Genus Palaeoestes Kirejtshuk et Nel, 2009 (Endomychidae): Atlas of extinct groups of beetles