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Sepidiini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae

Taxonomy
Sepidiini was named by Eschscholtz (1829). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pimeliinae by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Bouchard et al. (2021).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Sepidiini Eschscholtz
2011Sepidiini Bouchard et al.
2021Sepidiini Bouchard 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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyTenebrionidae()
subfamilyPimeliinae()
tribeSepidiiniEschscholtz 1829
tribeSepidiiniEschscholtz 1829

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. Sepidiini Eschscholtz 1829
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Subtr. Molurina Latreille 1829
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G. Arturium Koch 1951
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: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Arturium sp. (129957)