Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Mesocordylus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Mesocordylus was named by Lacordaire (1866). It is extant.

It was assigned to Orthognathini by Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999), Legalov (2015), Legalov (2019); and to Orthognathina by Chamorro et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Mesocordylus Lacordaire
1999Mesocordylus Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal p. 64
2015Mesocordylus Legalov p. 1495
2019Mesocordylus Legalov p. 511
2021Mesocordylus Chamorro et al.

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyDryophthorinae
tribeOrthognathiniLacordaire 1866
subtribeOrthognathinaLacordaire 1866
genusMesocordylusLacordaire 1866

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. Mesocordylus Lacordaire 1866
show all | hide all
Mesocordylus dominicus Legalov 2019
Mesocordylus longiscapus Davis and Engel 2009
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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic M. dominicus (174416) M. longiscapus (122473)