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Macrocerus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Taxonomy
Macrocerus was named by Motschulsky (1845). It is extant.

It was assigned to Malchinini by Kazantsev (2013), Fanti (2017) and Fanti (2017).

Synonyms
  • Malchinus was named by Kiesenwetter (1863). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Macrocerus by Kazantsev (2013).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Macrocerus Motschulsky
1863Malchinus Kiesenwetter
2013Macrocerus Kazantsev p. 290
2017Macrocerus Fanti p. 5

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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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyCantharidaeImhoff 1856
subfamilyMalthininaeKiesenwetter 1852
tribeMalchininiBrancucci 1980
genusMacrocerusMotschulsky 1845

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. Macrocerus Motschulsky 1845
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Invalid names: Malchinus Kiesenwetter 1863 [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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available