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Anotylus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Anotylus was named by Thomson (1859). It is extant.

It was assigned to Oxytelini by Herman (2001) and Yue et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Anotylus Thomson
2001Anotylus Herman p. 1334
2012Anotylus Yue et al. p. 508

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyOxytelinae()
tribeOxytelini
genusAnotylusThomson 1859

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. Anotylus Thomson 1859
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Anotylus gibbulus Eppelsheim 1877
Anotylus inustus Gravenhorst 1806
Anotylus nitidulus Gravenhorst 1802
Anotylus rugosus Fabricius 1775
Anotylus sculpturatus Gravenhorst 1806
Anotylus tetratoma Czwalina 1870
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 Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation A. gibbulus (163069)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) A. gibbulus (163073)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Staffordshire) A. gibbulus (163072)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Oxytelus nitidulus (168268) Oxytelus rugosus (168265 168269 168270 168271 168272) Oxytelus rugosus, Oxytelus tetracarinatus (168264) Oxytelus tetracarinatus (168266) Oxytelus tetratoma, Oxytelus rugosus (168267)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Oxytelus rugosus (169388 169390 169391) Oxytelus rugosus, Oxytelus inustus (169389) Oxytelus sculpturatus (169392)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) A. gibbulus (163074)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) A. rugosus (164903 164905 164909 164915 164919)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Staffordshire) Oxytelus gibbulus (163071)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Oxytelus sp. (163070)