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Lacon

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Lacon was named by Laporte (1838). It is extant.

It was assigned to Adelocerini by Barsevskis (2005); and to Agrypnini by Wappler (2003), Bouchard et al. (2011), Kundrata et al. (2021).

Species
L. fasciatus, L. granulatus, L. jungi, L. primordialis
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2011-12-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Lacon Laporte
2003Lacon Wappler
2005Lacon Barsevskis p. 9
2011Lacon Bouchard et al. p. 307
2021Lacon Kundrata et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
subfamilyAgrypninae()
tribeAgrypnini
genusLaconLaporte 1838

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. Lacon Laporte 1838
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Lacon fasciatus Linnaeus 1758
†Lacon granulatus Heer 1847
†Lacon jungi Piton 1940
†Lacon primordialis Heer 1847
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 Selandian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 61.66000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24France (Auvergne) Adelocera jungi (113685)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) L. sp. (138912)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Adelocera granulata (122210) L. primordialis (115304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Russian Federation L. fasciatus (163069)