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Cossoninae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Cossoninae Kuschel p. 200
1995Cossoninae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 788
1999Cossoninae Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal p. 117
2011Cossoninae Bouchard et al. p. 88
2015Cossoninae Legalov p. 1488
2016Cossoninae Barrios-Izás p. 177
2016Cossoninae Legalov p. 974
2017Cossoninae Bukejs and Legalov p. 197
2018Cossoninae Shin et al.
2019Cossoninae Legalov p. 31
2019Cossoninae Legalov et al. p. 1048
2021Cossoninae Legalov et al. p. 405
2022Cossoninae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyCossoninae()
subfamilyCossoninae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Cossoninae Schoenherr 1825
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Tr. Acamptini Le Conte 1876
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G. Acamptus Le Conte 1876
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†Acamptus exilipes Poinar and Legalov 2014
Tr. Cossonini Schoenherr 1825
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G. Cossonus Clairville 1798
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†Cossonus devoratus Cockerell 1925
†Cossonus gabbii Scudder 1893
†Cossonus hinojosai Davis and Engel 2007
†Cossonus meriani Heer 1847
†Cossonus robustus Meunier 1915
†Cossonus rutus Scudder 1893
†Cossonus shevnini Bukejs and Legalov 2017
†Cossonus spielbergii Heer 1847
G. †Kaszubia Legalov et al. 2021
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†Kaszubia wanati Legalov et al. 2021
G. Stenotrupis Wollaston 1873
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†Stenotrupis breviscapus Davis and Engel 2007
†Stenotrupis pumilis Poinar and Legalov 2014
Tr. Dryotribini Leconte 1876
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G. †Ampharthropelma Voss 1972
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G. Caulophilus Wollaston 1854
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†Caulophilus ashei Davis and Engel 2006
†Caulophilus ayotzinapa Barrios-Izás 2016
†Caulophilus bennetti Davis and Engel 2007
†Caulophilus camptus Poinar and Legalov 2014
†Caulophilus elongatus Poinar and Legalov 2014
†Caulophilus falini Davis and Engel 2007
†Caulophilus martynovae Legalov et al. 2019
†Caulophilus rarus Legalov 2016
†Caulophilus ruidipunctus Poinar and Legalov 2014
†Caulophilus squamosus Legalov 2016
†Caulophilus swensoni Davis and Engel 2007
†Caulophilus zherikhini Nazarenko et al. 2011
G. Dryotribus Horn 1873
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†Dryotribus amplioculus Davis and Engel 2007
†Dryotribus pedanus Poinar and Legalov 2014
G. †Electrocossonus Legalov 2019
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G. Micromimus Wollaston 1873
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†Micromimus orcus Davis and Engel 2007
G. †Necrodryophthorus Voss 1953
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G. †Ogygius Poinar and Legalov 2014
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†Ogygius obrieni Poinar and Legalov 2014
G. Paralicus O'Brien 1984
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†Paralicus abnormis Davis and Engel 2007
G. †Synommatodes Voss 1953
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Tr. Onycholipini Wollaston 1873
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G. Stenoscelis Wollaston 1861
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Stenoscelis submuricatus Schoenherr 1832
Tr. Pentarthrini Lacordaire 1866
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G. Pentarthrum Wollaston 1854
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†Pentarthrum inclusus Bukejs and Legalov 2017
Tr. Proecini Voss 1956
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G. Proeces Schoenherr 1838
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†Proeces longirostrum Davis and Engel 2007
Tr. Rhyncolini Gistel 1848
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Subtr. Phloeophagina Voss 1955
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G. Phloeophagus Schonherr 1838
Subtr. Rhyncolina Gistel 1848
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G. Rhyncolus Germar 1817
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Rhyncolus brunneus Mannerheim 1843
Rhyncolus chloropus Linnaeus 1758
†Rhyncolus kathrynae Sleeper 1968
Rhyncolus punctatulus Boheman 1838
†Rhyncolus sitoniformis Zherikhin 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 58.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 55.8 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Argentina (Jujuy) Cossonus devoratus (110536)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Cossonus rutus (114681)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Caulophilus rarus, Caulophilus squamosus, Caulophilus sucinopunctatus, Electrocossonus kirejtshuki (134456) Necrodryophthorus inquilinus, Synommatus patruelis (123771) Synommatodes patruelis, Caulophilus sucinopunctatus (125139)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Ampharthropelma decipiens (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Caulophilus martynovae (207958) Caulophilus zherikhini (113621)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Caulophilus sucinopunctatus (124519) Kaszubia wanati (44615) Phloeophagus sucinopunctatus (120813)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Cossonus gabbii (106384 113749)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cossonus robustus (138696)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Rhyncolus sitoniformis (162050)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Caulophilus ayotzinapa (123456)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Caulophilus ashei (123393) Caulophilus ashei, Dryotribus pedanus, Acamptus exilipes, Stenotrupis pumilis (122982) Caulophilus ashei, Micromimus orcus, Caulophilus falini, Caulophilus swensoni, Caulophilus bennetti, Dryotribus amplioculus, Paralicus abnormis, Proeces longirostrum, Stenotrupis breviscapus, Cossonus hinojosai (122473) Caulophilus ashei, Micromimus orcus, Caulophilus falini, Caulophilus swensoni, Paralicus abnormis, Proeces longirostrum, Stenotrupis breviscapus, Cossonus hinojosai, Caulophilus camptus, Caulophilus ruidipunctus, Caulophilus elongatus, Ogygius obrieni (122472)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cossonus meriani, Cossonus spielbergii (115304)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) Rhyncolus kathrynae (152192)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Rhyncolus spp., Rhyncolus brunneus (160109 160144)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806France Cossonus meriani (113996)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Rhyncolus chloropus, Stenoscelis submuricatus (168266) Rhyncolus sp., Rhyncolus punctulatus (168269) Rhyncolus sp., Stenoscelis submuricatus (168270) Stenoscelis submuricatus (168264 168267 168271) Stenoscelis submuricatus, Rhyncolus punctulatus (168265)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Cossonus sp. (167662) Cossonus sp., Rhyncolus brunneus (169373) Rhyncolus brunneus (169376 169377 169378 169379 169380)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Cossonus shevnini (185001) Pentarthrum inclusus (172373)