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Epuraeinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae

Taxonomy
Epuraeinae was named by Kirejtshuk (1986). It is extant. Its type is Epuraea.

It was assigned to Nitidulidae by Kirejtshuk (2008), Kurochkin and Kirejtshuk (2010), Bouchard et al. (2011), Cline et al. (2014), Kirejtshuk and Nel (2018) and Cai et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Epuraeinae Kirejtshuk
2008Epuraeinae Kirejtshuk p. 109
2010Epuraeinae Kurochkin and Kirejtshuk p. 534
2011Epuraeinae Bouchard et al.
2014Epuraeinae Cline et al.
2018Epuraeinae Kirejtshuk and Nel p. 4
2022Epuraeinae Cai 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
superfamilyNitiduloidea
familyNitidulidae()
subfamilyEpuraeinaeKirejtshuk 1986
subfamilyEpuraeinaeKirejtshuk 1986

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.

Subfm. Epuraeinae Kirejtshuk 1986
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Tr. Epuraeini Kirejtshuk 1986
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G. †Baltoraea Kurochkin and Kirejtshuk 2010
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†Baltoraea insignis Kurochkin and Kirejtshuk 2010
†Baltoraea simillima Kurochkin and Kirejtshuk 2010
G. †Crepuraea Kirejtshuk 1990
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†Crepuraea archaica Kirejtshuk 1990
†Crepuraea explanata Kirejtshuk 1990
†Crepuraea zherichini Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 1990
†Crepuraea zherichini Perkovskiy 1990
Invalid names: Nyujwa Perkovskiy 1990 [synonym]
G. †Epanuraea Scudder 1900
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†Epanuraea ingenita Scudder 1900
G. Epuraea Erichson 1843
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Subg. Epuraea (Epuraea) Erichson 1843
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†Epuraea (Epuraea) kozlovi Kirejtshuk and Kurochkin 2019
Epuraea planulata Erichson 1843
Tr. Taenioncini Kirejtshuk 1998
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G. †Nitoraeopsis Kirejtshuk and Nel 2018
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†Nitoraeopsis mixta Kirejtshuk and Nel 2018
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 Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 125.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Crepuraea archaica, Nyujwa zherichini, Crepuraea zherichini (105969) Crepuraea explanata (118216)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) Nitoraeopsis mixta (123463)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Epuraea sp., Epuraea kozlovi (123959)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Baltoraea insignis, Baltoraea simillima (110735)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Epanuraea ingenita (106384)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Epuria sp. (168264 168267 168269 168271 168272)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Epuraea planulata (169333) Epuraea sp. (169345)