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Mordellistenini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae

Taxonomy
Mordellistenini was named by Ermisch (1941). It is extant. Its type is Mordellistena.

It was assigned to Mordellinae by Bouchard et al. (2011), Batelka et al. (2023), Batelka et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Mordellistenini Ermisch
2011Mordellistenini Bouchard et al.
2023Mordellistenini Batelka et al. p. 458
2025Mordellistenini Batelka et al. p. 803

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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
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyMordellidae()
subfamilyMordellinae
tribeMordellisteniniErmisch 1941
tribeMordellisteniniErmisch 1941

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. Mordellistenini Ermisch 1941
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G. †Baltistena Batelka et al. 2023
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†Baltistena amplicollis Ermisch 1941
†Baltistena antiqua Ermisch 1941
†Baltistena atronigra Batelka et al. 2023
†Baltistena aurata Batelka et al. 2023
†Baltistena brevispina Batelka et al. 2023
†Baltistena concava Batelka et al. 2023
†Baltistena goeckei Ermisch 1941
†Baltistena hoffeinsorum Batelka et al. 2023
†Baltistena korschefskyi Ermisch 1941
†Baltistena longistrigata Batelka et al. 2023
†Baltistena nigrispinata Batelka et al. 2024
†Baltistena sergeli Ermisch 1943
†Baltistena soror Ermisch 1941
†Baltistena ultima Batelka et al. 2023
G. Mordellistena Costa 1854
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G. †Palaeostena Kubisz 2003
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†Palaeostena eocenica Kubisz 2003
G. †Rovnostena Batelka et al. 2023
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†Rovnostena ponomarenkoi Odnosum and Perkovsky 2009
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 (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Baltistena nigrispinata (201682) Baltistena ultima, Baltistena aurata, Baltistena longistrigata, Baltistena hoffeinsorum, Baltistena concava, Baltistena brevispina, Baltistena atronigra (207812) Mordellistena goeckei, Mordellistena antiqua (123771)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Glipostena sergeli, Mordellistena korschefskyi, Mordellistena soror, Mordellistena amplicollis (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Glipostena ponomarenkoi (122997)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Falsomordellistena eocenica (123215) Mordellistena sp. (110737)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Mordellistena florissantensis (106379)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Mordellistena sp. (168265)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Mordellistena sp. (169353)