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Pterostichus gelidus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Loxandrus gelidus was named by Scudder (1877). Its type specimen is Hinde 14521, an exoskeleton (parts of broken body), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Scarborough Bluffs (Hinde collection), which is in a Pleistocene lacustrine deltaic siltstone in the Scarborough Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Pterostichus gelidus by Scudder (1890), Scudder (1895), Scudder (1900).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. planicollis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Loxandrus gelidus Scudder p. 763
1890Pterostichus gelidus Scudder p. 527 figs. Pl 1 figs 52, 59-61
1895Pterostichus gelidus Scudder p. 52
1900Pterostichus gelidus Scudder p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyHarpalinae()
tribePterostichini()
subtribePterostichina
genusPterostichus
speciesgelidus()

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.

†Pterostichus gelidus Scudder 1877
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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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Loxandrus gelidus (type locality: 122182)