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Prosternini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Prosternini Gistel
2005Prosternini Barsevskis p. 12
2011Prosternini Bouchard et al. p. 315
2016Prosternini Webster p. 451
2021Prosternini Kundrata et al. 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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
subfamilyDendrometrinae()
tribeProsterniniGistel 1856
tribeProsterniniGistel 1856

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. Prosternini Gistel 1856
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G. Ctenicera Latreille 1829
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Ctenicera euprepes Zhang et al. 1994
Ctenicera granulicollis Wickham 1908
Ctenicera primitiva Wickham 1908
Ctenicera prophetica Wickham 1916
Ctenicera restructa Wickham 1916
Ctenicera sincera Zhang et al. 1994
Ctenicera submersa Wickham 1916
Ctenicera sutor Heer 1847
Ctenicera velata Scudder 1876
Ctenicerus eximius Hope 1837
Invalid names: Corymbites Latreille 1834 [synonym]
G. Eanus LeConte 1861
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Eanus exanimatus Wickham 1916
Eanus heeri Wickham 1916
Eanus laevissimus Wickham 1916
Invalid names: Paranomus Kiesenwetter 1858 [synonym]
G. Oxygonus LeConte 1863
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Oxygonus mortuus Scudder 1876
Oxygonus primus Wickham 1916
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 Holocene or 50.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Utah) Oxygonus mortuus (121147)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Corymbites velatus (121306)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Corymbites granulicollis, Paranomus laevissimus, Paranomus heeri, Corymbites submersus, Corymbites restructus (106381) Corymbites primitivus, Corymbites propheticus (106379) Corymbites primitivus, Paranomus exanimatus (113749) Corymbites propheticus (106380) Corymbites propheticus, Oxygonus primus (106384)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Corymbites euprepes (138944) Corymbites pruinosus, Corymbites emblemoelytrus (130412) Corymbites sincerus (138945)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Diacanthus sutor (115305)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Corymbites melancholicus (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Corymbites aethiops (152284)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Ctenicerus eximius (165051)