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Bledius

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Bledius Leach p. 174
1878Bledius Scudder p. 762
1900Bledius Scudder p. 70
2001Bledius Herman p. 1499
2011Bledius Bouchard et al.
2016Bledius Cai et al. p. 346

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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()
tribeBlediini
genusBledius

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. Bledius Leach 1819
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†Bledius adamus Scudder 1878
Bledius arcticus Sahlberg 1890
†Bledius faecorum Scudder 1900
†Bledius glaciatus Scudder 1890
†Bledius osborni Scudder 1900
†Bledius primitiarum Scudder 1900
†Bledius soli Scudder 1900
†Bledius speciosus Heer 1862
Bledius suturalis LeConte 1863
Bledius talpa Gyllenhal 1810
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

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 (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) B. adamus (121322) B. faecorum (122090)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (123959 123960)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) B. osborni (106381) B. osborni, B. soli, B. primitiarum (106384) B. soli (113749)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) B. osborni (122093)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) B. speciosus (117252)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland B. spp. (160108 160144 160151) B. spp., B. arcticus (160146) B. spp., B. litoralis, B. arcticus, B. talpa (160109) B. spp., B. talpa (160153)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom B. sp. (168265 168268 168272)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) B. sp. (137207 137208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) B. sp. (169406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) B. glaciatus (122182)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (164904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) B. suturalis (169347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) B. sp. (167673)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) B. sp. (169366) B. spp. (157092 167662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) B. spp., B. littoralis (163070)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) B. sp. (137204 137205 137206)