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Sphenopterini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Sphenopterini was named by Lacordaire (1857). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chrysochroinae by Bellamy (2008), Bouchard et al. (2011).

Subtaxa
Sphenoptera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Sphenopterini Lacordaire p. 68
2008Sphenopterini Bellamy
2011Sphenopterini Bouchard et al. p. 283

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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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyChrysochroinaeLaporte 1835
tribeSphenopterini
tribeSphenopterini

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.

Tr. Sphenopterini Lacordaire 1857
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G. Sphenoptera Dejean 1833 [metallic wood-boring beetle]
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†Sphenoptera bogatshevi Richter 1947
†Sphenoptera eocaenica Meunier 1921
†Sphenoptera gigantea Heer 1847
†Sphenoptera knopi von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Sphenoptera lapidaria Brullé 1832
†Sphenoptera martynovi Richter 1947
†Sphenoptera metallica Meunier 1921
†Sphenoptera minuta Meunier 1915
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 MP 11 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Sphenoptera eocaenica, Sphenoptera metallica (120036)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Sphenoptera minuta (138696)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany Sphenoptera knopi (152936)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Sphenoptera gigantea (115304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Azerbaijan Sphenoptera bogatshevi, Sphenoptera martynovi, Sphenoptera lapidaria (172753)