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Scolytus
Taxonomy
Scolytus was named by Geoffroy (1762). It is extant. It is the type genus of Scolytinae, Scolytini.
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Geoffroy (1762), Schaeffer (1766), Müller (1776) and Latreille (1796); to Bostrichini by Latreille (1802); and to Scolytini by Wood and Bright (1992), Petrov and Zherikhin (2000), Bouchard et al. (2011), Legalov (2015) and Poinar and Legalov (2019).
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Geoffroy (1762), Schaeffer (1766), Müller (1776) and Latreille (1796); to Bostrichini by Latreille (1802); and to Scolytini by Wood and Bright (1992), Petrov and Zherikhin (2000), Bouchard et al. (2011), Legalov (2015) and Poinar and Legalov (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1762 | Scolytus Geoffroy p. 309 |
| 1766 | Scolytus Schaeffer |
| 1776 | Scolytus Müller p. 57 |
| 1793 | Ekkoptogaster Herbst p. 124 |
| 1796 | Scolyta Latreille p. 51 |
| 1802 | Scolytus Latreille p. 204 |
| 1992 | Scolytus Wood and Bright p. 321 |
| 2000 | Scolytus Petrov and Zherikhin p. S344 |
| 2011 | Scolytus Bouchard et al. |
| 2015 | Scolytus Legalov p. 1472 |
| 2019 | Scolytus Poinar and Legalov |
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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. Scolytus Geoffroy 1762
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Scolytus carpini Ratzeburg 1837
†Scolytus duplicatus Petrov and Zherikhin 2000
Scolytus intricatus Ratzeburg 1837
Scolytus koenigi Schevyrew 1890
Scolytus multistriatus Marsham 1802
Scolytus piceae Swaine 1910
†Scolytus poinari Bright 1994
†Scolytus tshernjaki Petrov and Zherikhin 2000
Invalid names: Ekkoptogaster Herbst 1793 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | S. poinari (122472) | |
| Turolian | France (Ardèche) | S. tshernjaki, S. duplicatus (113893) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany | S. sp. (164952) | |
| Gelasian | Greenland | S. piceae (160109 160144) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Warwickshire) | S. intricatus (169401) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | S. carpini (168271) S. koenigi (168269) S. multistriatus (168267) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wisconsin) | S. piceae (169406) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Colorado) | S. piceae (169333 169336 169345 169353) |