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Leptura

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae

Taxonomy
Leptura was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Lepturini.

It was assigned to Coleoptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Geoffroy (1762), Scopoli (1763), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Drury (1770), Forster (1771), Müller (1776), Latreille (1796); to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775), Fabricius (1798); to Lepturetae by Latreille (1802); to Cerambycidae by Wickham (1912); and to Lepturini by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Species
L. petrorum, L. ponderosissima, L. wickhami
Entered
by J. Karr (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2012-02-02; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-11-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Leptura Linnaeus
1761Leptura Linnaeus p. 194
1762Leptura Geoffroy p. 207
1763Leptura Scopoli p. 45
1764Leptura Müller p. 14
1766Leptura Schaeffer
1767Leptura Linnaeus p. 637
1770Leptura Drury
1771Leptura Forster p. 43
1775Leptura Fabricius p. 196
1776Leptura Müller p. 92
1796Leptura Latreille p. 58
1798Leptura Fabricius p. 153
1802Leptura Latreille p. 219
1912Leptura Wickham p. 27
2011Leptura Bouchard et al.

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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
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyCerambycidae()
subfamilyLepturinae
tribeLepturini
genusLeptura

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. Leptura Linnaeus 1758
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†Leptura petrorum Wickham 1912
†Leptura ponderosissima Wickham 1913
†Leptura wickhami Linsley 1942
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: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland L. sp. (109625)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) L. petrorum (106381) L. petrorum, L. antecurrens (106384) L. ponderosissima (124624)