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Lordithon

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

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

It was assigned to Tachyporinae by Arnett and Thomas (2001); to Mycetoporini by Herman (2001); and to Mycetoporinae by Yamamoto (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Lordithon Thomson
2001Lordithon Arnett, Jr. and Thomas
2001Lordithon Herman p. 728
2021Lordithon Yamamoto p. 110

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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()
subfamilyMycetoporinae(Thomson 1859)
genusLordithonThomson 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. Lordithon Thomson 1859
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†Lordithon durabilis Scudder 1900
†Lordithon funditus Scudder 1900
Lordithon longiceps LeConte 1863
†Lordithon lyelli Scudder 1900
†Lordithon stygis Scudder 1900
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 Chadronian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Boletobius funditus (106382) Boletobius funditus, Boletobius lyelli, Boletobius durabilis, Boletobius stygis (106384) Boletobius funditus, Boletobius stygis (113749)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) L. longiceps (169336)