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Necromera

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerophytidae

Taxonomy

Necromera was named by Martynov (1926). Its type is Necromera baeckmanni.

It was assigned to Oedemeridae by Martynov (1926); and to Cerophytidae by Chang et al. (2011) and Yu et al. (2019).

Species

Idiomerus brevis, N. admiranda, N. baeckmanni (type species), N. brevicornis, N. inflata, N. intermedia, N. latissima, N. longa, N. longicornis, N. muscula

Synonyms

Idiomerus was named by Dolin (1980).

It was synonymized subjectively with Necromera by Chang et al. (2011) and Yu et al. (2019).

It was assigned to Hypnomorphini by Dolin (1980).
Leptocnemus was named by Hong and Wang (1990).

It was synonymized subjectively with Necromera by Chang et al. (2011) and Yu et al. (2019).

It was assigned to Caraboidea by Hong and Wang (1990).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1926	Necromera Martynov p. 17
1980	Idiomerus Dolin p. 47
1990	Leptocnemus Hong and Wang p. 116
2011	Necromera Chang et al. p. 36
2019	Necromera Yu et al. p. 65

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
—	Coleopterida
order	Coleoptera
—	Mesocoleoptera
—	Metacoleoptera
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Elateriformia	Crowson 1960
superfamily	Elateroidea
family	Cerophytidae	Latreille 1834
genus	Necromera

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.

G. †Necromera Martynov 1926

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†Necromera admiranda Chang and Kirejtshuk 2011

†Necromera baeckmanni Martynov 1926

†Necromera brevicornis Dolin 1980

†Necromera inflata Dolin 1980

†Necromera intermedia Dolin 1980

†Necromera latissima Dolin 1980

†Necromera longa Hong and Wang 1990

†Necromera longicornis Dolin 1980

†Necromera muscula Dolin 1980

Invalid names: Idiomerus Dolin 1980 [synonym], Leptocnemus Hong and Wang 1990 [synonym]

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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Aptian or 166.10000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	Kazakhstan (Chimkent)	Idiomerus brevicornis, Idiomerus latissimus (113439) Idiomerus brevicornis, Idiomerus longicornis, Idiomerus musculus, N. admiranda (105426) Idiomerus inflatus, N. admiranda (105970) Idiomerus intermedius, Idiomerus musculus (106102) Idiomerus longicornis, Idiomerus musculus, Idiomerus brevis (106279) Idiomerus musculus (105971) N. admiranda (106101) N. baeckmanni (115792)
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	China (Nei Mongol)	N. spp. (184690)
Late/Upper Barremian	130.0 - 125.45	China (Liaoning)	N. admiranda (111714 112845) N. spp. (188103)
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	China (Shandong)	Leptocnemus longus (154887)