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Pterostichus (Steropus)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Steropus was named by Dejean (1821). It is extant.

It was reranked as Pterostichus (Steropus) by Lomnicki (1894).

It was assigned to Carabiques by Dejean (1821); and to Pterostichus by Lomnicki (1894).

Subtaxa
Pterostichus (Steropus) aethiops
Species lacking formal opinion data
Pterostichus planicollis

Synonyms
  • Steroderus was named by Motschulsky (1850). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Pterostichus (Steropus) by Clapham (2023).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Steropus Dejean p. 13
1894Pterostichus (Steropus) Lomnicki p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyHarpalinae()
tribePterostichini()
subtribePterostichina
genusPterostichus
subgenusSteropus()

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.

Subg. Pterostichus (Steropus) Dejean 1821
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Invalid names: Pterostichus (Steroderus) Motschulsky 1850 [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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Pterostichus aethiops (153476)