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Psiloptera

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy

Psiloptera was named by Dejean (1833). It is extant.

It was assigned to Buprestidae by Piton (1940); to Buprestinae by Weidlich (1987); and to Psilopterini by Hörnschemeyer and Wedmann (1994).

Species

P. (Damarsila), P. acroptera, P. chrysochlora, P. eximia, P. fasciata, P. granulata, P. haupti (syn. Stizonotus marmoratus), P. incerta, P. maculata, P. ornata, P. puncticollis, P. schulzi, P. signata, P. transversovittata (syn. Eochalcophora abbreviata), P. zeuneri

Synonyms

Stizonotus was named by Haupt (1950).

It was synonymized subjectively with Psiloptera by Weidlich (1987), Bellamy (2008).

It was assigned to Buprestini by Haupt (1950); and to Buprestidae by Haupt (1956).
Taenionotus was named by Haupt (1950).

It was synonymized subjectively with Psiloptera by Weidlich (1987), Bellamy (2008).

It was assigned to Buprestini by Haupt (1950).
Eochalcophora was named by Haupt (1950).

It was synonymized subjectively with Psiloptera by Weidlich (1987), Bellamy (2008).

It was assigned to Buprestini by Haupt (1950).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1833	Psiloptera Dejean
1940	Psiloptera Piton p. 182
1950	Eochalcophora Haupt p. 64
1950	Stizonotus Haupt p. 64
1950	Taenionotus Haupt p. 64
1956	Stizonotus Haupt p. 43
1987	Psiloptera Weidlich p. 34
1994	Psiloptera Hörnschemeyer and Wedmann p. 91

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
—	Coleopterida
order	Coleoptera
—	Mesocoleoptera
—	Metacoleoptera
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Elateriformia	Crowson 1960
superfamily	Buprestoidea
family	Buprestidae	()
subfamily	Chrysochroinae	Laporte 1835
tribe	Dicercini	()
subtribe	Dicercina
genus	Psiloptera	Dejean 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. Psiloptera Dejean 1833

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Subg. Psiloptera (Damarsila) Thomson 1878

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†Damarsilia martyi Piton 1935

†Psiloptera acroptera Pongrácz 1935

†Psiloptera chrysochlora Pongrácz 1935

†Psiloptera eximia Haupt 1950

†Psiloptera fasciata Haupt 1950

†Psiloptera granulata Pongrácz 1935

†Psiloptera haupti Weidlich 1987

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Invalid names: Stizonotus marmoratus Haupt 1950 [replaced]

†Psiloptera incerta Weidlich 1987

†Psiloptera maculata Haupt 1950

†Psiloptera ornata Haupt 1956

†Psiloptera puncticollis Haupt 1956

†Psiloptera schulzi Haupt 1950

†Psiloptera signata Haupt 1950

†Psiloptera transversovittata Haupt 1950

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Invalid names: Eochalcophora abbreviata Haupt 1950 [synonym]

†Psiloptera zeuneri Pongrácz 1935

Invalid names: Eochalcophora Haupt 1950 [synonym], Stizonotus Haupt 1950 [synonym], Taenionotus Haupt 1950 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Tortonian or 48.07000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (22 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt)	P. sp., P. granulata, P. zeuneri, P. chrysochlora, Ancylocheira acroptera, Stizonotus marmoratus, Stizonotus signatus, Stizonotus eximius, Taenionotus fasciatus, Taenionotus maculatus, Eolampetis schulzi, Eochalcophora abbreviata, Eochalcophora transversovittata, P. incerta (155693) Stizonotus sp., Stizonotus ornatus, Stizonotus puncticollis, P. fasciata, P. incerta (114060)
MP 11	48.07 - 41.03	Germany (Hessen)	P. sp. 1 (163329 163331 163332) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 3 (163334) P. sp. 1, P. transversovittata (162179) P. sp. 2 (163333) P. sp. 4, P. transversovittata (139217) P. transversovittata (139218 162176 162181 163214 163216 163283 163284 163285 163286 163287 163288) P. transversovittata, Buprestidae indet. (139219)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	France	Damarsilia martyi (138763)