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Hyperinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Hyperinae was named by Marseul (1863). It is extant. Its type is Hypera.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Hyperinae Marseul
2011Hyperinae Bouchard et al.
2018Hyperinae Shin et al.
2022Hyperinae Cai et al.

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyHyperinaeMarseul 1863
subfamilyHyperinaeMarseul 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. Hyperinae Marseul 1863
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Tr. Hyperini Marseul 1863
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Subtr. Cepurina Capiomont 1867
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G. †Hyperites Zherikhin 1989
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†Hyperites nadezhkini Zherikhin 1989
G. †Palaeophelypera Legalov 2013
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†Palaeophelypera kuscheli Legalov 2013
Invalid names: Geralophus discessus Scudder 1893 [nomen dubium]
G. Coniatus Germar 1817
G. Donus Jekel 1865
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Donus nidensis Mazur and Petryszak 1981
Subtr. Hyperina Marseul 1863
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G. Hypera Germar 1817
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†Hypera glacialis Lomnicki 1894
Hypera nigrirostris Fabricius 1775
Hypera ornata Capiomont 1868
Hypera suspiciosa Herbst 1795
Invalid names: Phytonomus Schönherr 1823 [synonym]
Subtr. Macrotarrhusina Legalov 2007
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G. Eremochorus Zaslavskij 1962
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Eremochorus concinnus Boheman 1842
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Invalid names: Hypera praecomata Lomnicki 1894 [synonym]
G. Macrotarrhus Bedel 1906
Invalid names: Phytonomini Gistel 1848 [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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

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 (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Palaeophelypera kuscheli (134456)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Primorskiy) Hyperites nadezhkini (123794)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Geralophus discessus (106384)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation Hypera nigrirostres, Hypera sp. (153434) Hypera sp., Hypera nigrirostris (113713)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Hypera sp. (160144)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Russian Federation Hypera ornata (163069 163089)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation Hypera ornata (163090 163094 163095 163096 163099)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Canada (Yukon) Hypera diversipunctata (161444)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Hypera sp. (168265 168267)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Hypera ornata (153435 153436 153438 153439 153441 153442 153443 153444 153445 153446 163101 163102 163104 163105 173208 173214 173216)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Hypera praecomata, Hypera glacialis, Donus nidensis (153476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Phytonomus dauci (163070) Phytonomus nigrirostris (163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Hypera suspiciosa (164905)