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Leichenum

Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae

Taxonomy
Leichenum was named by Dejean (1834). It is extant. It is the type genus of Leichenini.

It was assigned to Leichenini by Kirejtshuk et al. (2008); and to Leichenina by Nabozhenko (2019), Bouchard et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Leichenum Dejean
2008Leichenum Kirejtshuk et al.
2019Leichenum Nabozhenko p. 6
2021Leichenum Bouchard et al. p. 228

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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
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyTenebrionidae()
subfamilyBlaptinae
tribePedininiEschscholtz 1829
subtribeLeichenina(Mulsant 1854)
genusLeichenumDejean 1834

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. Leichenum Dejean 1834
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available