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Hypothenemus (coffee borer beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Hypothenemus was named by Westwood (1836). It is extant.

It was reranked as Tomicus (Hypothenemus) by Westwood (1836).

It was assigned to Tomicus by Westwood (1836); to Cryphalinae by Legalov (2015); and to Cryphalini by Wood and Bright (1992), Bright and Poinar (1994), Poinar and Legalov (2019).

Species
H. avitus, H. emmi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Hypothenemus Westwood p. 34
1836Tomicus (Hypothenemus) Westwood p. 34
1992Hypothenemus Wood and Bright p. 904
1994Hypothenemus Bright and Poinar p. 186
2015Hypothenemus Legalov p. 1472
2019Hypothenemus Poinar and Legalov

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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
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyScolytinae()
tribeCryphaliniLindemann 1876
genusHypothenemus

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. Hypothenemus Westwood 1836 [coffee borer beetle]
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†Hypothenemus avitus Bright and Poinar 1994
†Hypothenemus emmi Hagedorn 1913
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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Hypothenemus avitus (122472)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Cryphalus emmi (167542)