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Semiotus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Semiotus was named by Eschscholtz (1829). It is extant. It is the type genus of Semiotinae.

It was assigned to Elateridae by Piton (1940); and to Semiotini by Kundrata et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Semiotus Eschscholtz
1940Semiotus Piton p. 179
2021Semiotus Kundrata et al. p. 27

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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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
subfamilyDendrometrinae()
tribeSemiotini(Jacobson 1913)
genusSemiotusEschscholtz 1829

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. Semiotus Eschscholtz 1829
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Semiotus ehrenswaerdi Heer 1870
Semiotus menatensis Piton 1940
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: Selandian or 61.60000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Elater ehrenswaerdi (122011)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) S. menatensis (113685)