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Ptenidium

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptiliidae

Taxonomy
Ptenidium was named by Erichson (1845). It is extant. It is the type genus of Ptenidiini.

It was assigned to Ptiliidae by Shockley and Greenwalt (2013); and to Ptenidiini by Polilov et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Ptenidium Erichson
2013Ptenidium Shockley and Greenwalt
2019Ptenidium Polilov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyPtiliidae()
subfamilyPtiliinae
tribePtenidiini
genusPtenidiumErichson 1845

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. Ptenidium Erichson 1845
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Ptenidium kishenehnicum Shockley and Greenwalt 2013
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 Lutetian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) P. kishenehnicum (117614 135664)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom P. sp. (168266 168268 168269 168271)