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Acidota

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Acidota was named by Stephens (1829). It is extant.

It was assigned to Omaliinae by Cong et al. (1996); and to Anthophagini by Herman (2001).

Species
A. crenata, A. quadrata
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. crenata
Entered
by J. Karr (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2012-12-12; modified by M. Clapham on 2022-02-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Acidota Stephens
1996Acidota Cong et al. p. 219
2001Acidota Herman p. 211

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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()
subfamilyOmaliinaeMacLeay 1825
tribeAnthophaginiThomson 1859
genusAcidota

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. Acidota Stephens 1829
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Acidota crenata Fabricius 1792
Acidota quadrata Zetterstedt 1837
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 Gelasian to the top of the Tarantian or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland A. quadrata (160109 160153)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) A. crenata (169389)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) A. crenata (157092 167662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) A. crenata (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation A. sp. (173216)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Sweden A. quadrata (162751)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) A. quadrata (169406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) A. quadrata (167673) A. sp. (167675)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) A. crenata (137213) A. quadrata (137207 137209)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) A. crenata (137206) A. quadrata (137201)