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Themus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Taxonomy
Themus was named by Motschulsky (1858). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cantharinae by Kazantsev (2013); and to Cantharini by Fanti (2017), Fanti (2017), Fanti and Damgaard (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Themus Motschulsky
1989Curticantharis Zhang p. 422 figs. Pl. 26 fig. 5
2013Themus Kazantsev p. 290
2017Themus Fanti p. 4
2018Themus Fanti and Damgaard p. 19

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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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyCantharidaeImhoff 1856
subfamilyCantharinaeImhoff 1856
tribeCanthariniImhoff 1856
genusThemusMotschulsky 1858

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.

G. Themus Motschulsky 1858
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Subg. Themus (Haplothemus) Wittmer 1973
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†Themus (Haplothemus) bennyianderseni Fanti and Damgaard 2018
Subg. Themus (Telephorops) Fairmaire 1886
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†Themus (Telephorops) polyaki Kirejtshuk 2019
Subg. Themus (Themus) Motschulsky 1858
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†Themus (Themus) trapezialis Zhang et al. 1994
Invalid names: Curticantharis Zhang 1989 [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 Priabonian to the top of the Burdigalian or 37.71000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) T. polyaki (123960)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation T. pristinus (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) T. bennyianderseni (172936)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Curticantharis capacis (128551) Curticantharis sp. (128552) Curticantharis thermophila (130412) Curticantharis trapezialis (138944)