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Actea
Taxonomy
Actea was named by Germar (1842).
It was assigned to Hydrophilidae by Handlirsch (1906); to Adephaga by Ponomarenko (1971); to Coleoptera by Carpenter (1992); and to Necronectinae by Soriano et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Hydrophilidae by Handlirsch (1906); to Adephaga by Ponomarenko (1971); to Coleoptera by Carpenter (1992); and to Necronectinae by Soriano et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1842 | Actea Germar p. 85 |
| 1906 | Actea Handlirsch p. 543 |
| 1971 | Actea Ponomarenko p. 72 |
| 1992 | Actea Carpenter p. 318 |
| 2007 | Actea Soriano et al. p. 530 |
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G. †Actea Germar 1842
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†Actea sphinx Münster 1842
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Invalid names: Chrysobothris veterna von Heyden 1847 [synonym], Chrysomelites macrothoracicus Meunier 1898 [synonym], Prodytiscus eichstaettensis Oppenheim 1888 [synonym], Silphites cetoniformis Oppenheim 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | A. sphinx (122586 139876) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | A. sphinx (123144) A. sphinx, Prodytiscus eichstaettensis, Silphites cetoniformis (123985) Sphenoptera sphinx (133578) |