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Oxytelini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Oxytelini Fleming p. 49
1839Oxytelini Erichson p. 30
1990Oxytelini Ryvkin p. 60
2001Oxytelini Herman p. 1332
2009Oxytelini Engel and Chatzimanolis p. 426
2010Oxytelini Yue et al. p. 61
2011Oxytelini Bouchard et al. p. 212
2016Oxytelini Cai et al. p. 347
2024Oxytelini Jenkins Shaw et al. p. 121

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyOxytelinae()
tribeOxytelini
tribeOxytelini

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.

Tr. Oxytelini Fleming 1821
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G. Anotylus Thomson 1859
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Anotylus gibbulus Eppelsheim 1877
Anotylus inustus Gravenhorst 1806
Anotylus nitidulus Gravenhorst 1802
Anotylus rugosus Fabricius 1775
Anotylus sculpturatus Gravenhorst 1806
Anotylus tetratoma Czwalina 1870
G. Carpelimus Leach 1819
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Invalid names: Trogophloeus Mannerheim 1830 [synonym]
G. †Dolichoxenus Engel and Chatzimanolis 2009
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†Dolichoxenus newtoni Engel and Chatzimanolis 2009
G. Oxytelus Gravenhorst 1802
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Oxytelus fulvipes Erichson 1839
Oxytelus laqueatus Marsham 1802
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Invalid names: Oxytelus fuscipennis Mannerheim 1843 [synonym]
†Oxytelus levis Förster 1891
Oxytelus niger Le Conte 1877
†Oxytelus ominosus Förster 1891
†Oxytelus pristinus Scudder 1876
†Oxytelus proaevus Heer 1862
†Oxytelus subapterus Wickham 1913
G. Platystethus Mannerheim 1830
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†Platystethus archetypus Scudder 1900
Platystethus arenarius Geoffroy 1785
†Platystethus carcareus Scudder 1900
Platystethus cornutus Gravenhorst 1802
Platystethus nitens Sahlberg 1832
Platystethus nodifrons Mannerheim 1830
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 50.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Oxytelus pristinus (121146)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Platystethus archetypus, Oxytelus subapterus (113749) Platystethus carcareus, Platystethus archetypus (106384)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Oxytelus levis (121475) Oxytelus ominosus (121474)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Oxytelus ominosus (122407)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Dolichoxenus newtoni (124231)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Carpelimus sp. (106431 123022)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Oxytelus proaevus (117252)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Oxytelini indet. (109196)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Carpelimus sp. (160109 160144)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation Oxytelus sp., Anotylus gibbulus (163069)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Staffordshire) Anotylus gibbulus (163072)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Anotylus gibbulus (163073)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Oxytelus laqueatus, Oxytelus nitidulus, Platystethus cornutus, Trogophloeus sp. (168268) Oxytelus laqueatus, Oxytelus tetratoma, Platystethus cornutus, Platystethus nodifrons, Oxytelus rugosus, Trogophloeus sp. (168267) Oxytelus laqueatus, Platystethus arenarius, Platystethus cornutus, Oxytelus tetracarinatus, Trogophloeus sp. (168266) Oxytelus laqueatus, Platystethus cornutus, Oxytelus rugosus, Trogophloeus sp. (168265) Oxytelus rugosus, Trogophloeus sp. (168271) Platystethus cornutus, Oxytelus rugosus, Trogophloeus sp. (168270) Platystethus cornutus, Platystethus nodifrons, Oxytelus rugosus, Trogophloeus sp. (168272) Platystethus nitens, Platystethus cornutus, Oxytelus rugosus, Oxytelus tetracarinatus, Trogophloeus sp. (168264) Platystethus nitens, Platystethus cornutus, Oxytelus rugosus, Trogophloeus sp. (168269)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Oxytelus rugosus (169390 169391) Oxytelus rugosus, Oxytelus fulvipes (169388) Oxytelus rugosus, Oxytelus inustus (169389) Platystethus arenarius (169394 169401) Platystethus arenarius, Oxytelus sculpturatus (169392)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Anotylus gibbulus (163074)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Staffordshire) Oxytelus gibbulus (163071)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Anotylus rugosus (164903 164905 164909 164915 164919)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Oxytelus laqueatus (169333 169345 169347 169353)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Oxytelus fuscipennis (169359 169362 169372 169375 169379 169380) Oxytelus fuscipennis, Oxytelus niger, Platystethus americanus (167662) Oxytelus sp. (157092)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Platystethus spp., Platystethus nitens, Oxytelus sp. (163070)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Oxytelus sp. (137206)