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Collops

Insecta - Coleoptera - Melyridae

Taxonomy
Collops was named by Erichson (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Malachiidae by Wickham (1914); and to Malachiini by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Tihelka et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Collops Erichson
1914Collops Wickham p. 446
2011Collops Bouchard et al.
2021Collops Tihelka et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCleroidea
familyMelyridae()
subfamilyMalachiinae()
tribeMalachiini
genusCollopsErichson 1840

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. Collops Erichson 1840
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Collops desuetus Wickham 1914
Collops extrusus Wickham 1914
Collops priscus Wickham 1914
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: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) C. priscus, C. desuetus, C. extrusus (106384)