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Orthognathini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

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

It was assigned to Orthognathinae by Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999), Bouchard et al. (2011); and to Dryophthorinae by Legalov (2015), Legalov (2019), Chamorro et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Orthognathina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Orthognathini Lacordaire
1999Orthognathini Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal p. 64
2011Orthognathini Bouchard et al.
2015Orthognathini Legalov p. 1495
2019Orthognathini Legalov p. 511
2021Orthognathini Chamorro et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
tribeOrthognathiniLacordaire 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.

Tr. Orthognathini Lacordaire 1866
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Subtr. Orthognathina Lacordaire 1866
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G. Mesocordylus Lacordaire 1866
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†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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (2 total)


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