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Pterostichus (Melanius)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Pterostichus (Melanius) was named by Bonelli (1810). It is extant.

It was reranked as Melanius by Bonelli (1810).

It was assigned to Pterostichii by Bonelli (1810); and to Pterostichus by Bousquet (2012).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Melanius Bonelli
1810Pterostichus (Melanius) Bonelli
1821Omaseus Dejean p. 12
1821Pterostichus (Omaseus) Dejean p. 12
2012Pterostichus (Melanius) Bousquet

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyHarpalinae()
tribePterostichini()
subtribePterostichina
genusPterostichus
subgenusMelanius

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 (Melanius) Bonelli 1810
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Invalid names: Pterostichus (Omaseus) Dejean 1821 [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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Gelasian or 7.24600 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Pterostichus corvinus (123352)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Pterostichus corvinus (160109)