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Perotis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Perotis was named by Dejean (1833). It is extant.

It was assigned to Buprestidae by Meunier (1921); and to Dicercina by Bellamy (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Perotis Dejean
1921Perotis Meunier p. 10
2008Perotis Bellamy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyChrysochroinaeLaporte 1835
tribeDicercini()
subtribeDicercina
genusPerotisDejean 1833

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. Perotis Dejean 1833
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Perotis bruckmanni Heer 1862
Perotis hausmanni von Heyden 1862
Perotis laevigatus Massalongo 1856
Perotis lavateri Heer 1847
Perotis lugubris Fabricius 1777
Perotis messelensis Meunier 1921
Perotis reditus von Heyden 1862
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 MP 11 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy P. laevigata (152650)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) P. messelensis (120036)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Germany P. redita (152951)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany P. hausmanni (123945)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. bruckmanni (122868) P. lavateri (115304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Azerbaijan P. lugubris (172753)