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Mesoptiliinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Mesoptiliinae was named by Lacordaire (1863). It is extant.

It was assigned to Curculionidae by Bouchard et al. (2011), Shin et al. (2018), Cai et al. (2022).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Mesoptiliinae Lacordaire
2011Mesoptiliinae Bouchard et al.
2018Mesoptiliinae Shin et al.
2022Mesoptiliinae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyMesoptiliinaeLacordaire 1863
subfamilyMesoptiliinaeLacordaire 1863

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. Mesoptiliinae Lacordaire 1863
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Tr. Magdalidini Pascoe 1870
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G. Magdalis Germar 1817
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Magdalis deucalionis von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
Magdalis moesta von Schlechtendal 1894
Magdalis protogenius von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
Magdalis sedimentorum Scudder 1893
Magdalis violacea Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Magdalinus Germar 1843 [synonym]
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 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 (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Magdalis sedimentorum (106384)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Czechia Magdalini indet. (139944)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Magdalinus protogenius, Magdalinus deucalionis (123945)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Magdalis moesta (142554)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Magdalis violacea (160144)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Magdalis lecontei (169336 169350)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Magdalis sp. (169369)