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Silis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Silis Charpentier p. 194
2013Silis Kazantsev p. 290
2014Silis Alekseev and Kazantsev p. 168
2017Silis Fanti p. 6
2019Silis Parisi and Fanti p. 120
2021Silis Fanti and Pankowski p. 164

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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
subfamilySilinaeMulsant 1862
tribeSiliniMulsant 1862
genusSilis

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. Silis Charpentier 1825
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Subg. Silis (Silis) Charpentier 1825
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†Silis (Silis) carsteni Bukejs and Fanti 2023
†Silis (Silis) curleri Fanti and Pankowski 2021
†Silis (Silis) hegnai Fanti and Pankowski 2021
†Silis chiapasensis Wittmer 1963
†Silis lombardii Parisi and Fanti 2019
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: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 38.00000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) S. carsteni (110735) S. lombardii (202735)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) S. chiapasensis (124810)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic S. curleri (221051) S. hegnai (221050)