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Homalotini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Homalotini was named by Heer (1839). It is extant.

It was assigned to Aleocharinae by Semenov et al. (2001), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Yamamoto et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Homalotini Heer
2001Homalotini Semenov et al. p. 156
2011Homalotini Bouchard et al.
2016Homalotini Yamamoto et al. p. S4

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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
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyAleocharinae()
tribeHomalotiniHeer 1839
tribeHomalotiniHeer 1839

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.

Tr. Homalotini Heer 1839
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Subtr. Bolitocharina Thomson 1859
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G. Phymatura Sahlberg 1876
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Phymatura electrica Pasnik and Kubisz 2002
Subtr. Gyrophaenina Kraatz 1856
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G. Gyrophaena Mannerheim 1831
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Gyrophaena saxicola Scudder 1876
Subtr. Homalotina Heer 1839
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G. Homalota Mannerheim 1830
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Homalota recisa Scudder 1890
G. Leptusa Kraatz 1856
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Subg. †Leptusa (Protoleptusa) Semenov 2001
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Leptusa (Protoleptusa) defuncta Semenov et al. 2001
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 Bridgerian to the top of the Priabonian or 50.30000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Homalota recisa (121322 122090)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Gyrophaena saxicola (121146)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Phymatura electrica (110737)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Leptusa defuncta (113621)