Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Synonym: Elliptoma Motschulsky 1845
Full reference: J. L. C. Gravenhorst. 1802. Coleoptera Microptera Brunsvicensia nec non Exoticorum Quotquot Exstant in Collectionibus Entomologorum Brunsvicensium in Genera Familias et Species Distribuit 1-206
Parent taxon: Tachinusini according to J. Jenkins Shaw et al. 2024
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Gravenhorst 1802, Hatch 1957, Herman 2001, Hong 1984, Horn 1877, Scudder 1900 and Yamamoto 2021
Sister taxa: Hesterniasca, Mesotachinus, Nitidotachinus, Protachinus
Subtaxa: Tachinus angustatus Tachinus apterus Tachinus arcticus Tachinus crotchii Tachinus elongatus Tachinus fimbriatus Tachinus frigidus Tachinus instabilis Tachinus luridus Tachinus mimus Tachinus schwarzi Tachinus sommatus Tachinus thruppi
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (4 collections), the Russian Federation (16), the United Kingdom (4), United States (11: Alaska, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Washington)
• Pliocene of Germany (1)
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado)
Total: 41 collections including 53 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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