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Eusphalerini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Eusphalerini was named by Hatch (1957). It is extant. Its type is Eusphalerum.

It was assigned to Omaliinae by Hatch (1957), Herman (2001), Shavrin and Yamamoto (2019), Shavrin (2021), Shavrin and Perkovsky (2025).

Subtaxa
Eusphalerum (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Eusphalerini Hatch p. 82
2001Eusphalerini Herman p. 409
2019Eusphalerini Shavrin and Yamamoto p. 46
2021Eusphalerini Shavrin p. 470
2025Eusphalerini Shavrin and Perkovsky p. 122

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyOmaliinaeMacLeay 1825
tribeEusphalerini
tribeEusphalerini

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. Eusphalerini Hatch 1957
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G. Eusphalerum Kraatz 1857
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†Eusphalerum bukejsi Shavrin 2021
†Eusphalerum kanti Shavrin and Yamamoto 2019
†Eusphalerum rovnoense Shavrin and Perkovsky 2025
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 Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.71000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Eusphalerum rovnoense (207953)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Eusphalerum sp. 1, Eusphalerum kanti (124579) Eusphalerum sp. 2, Eusphalerum sp. 3, Eusphalerum sp. 4 (139928)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Eusphalerum bukejsi (110737)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) Eusphalerum sp. (169406)