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Opsimini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae

Taxonomy
Opsimini was named by LeConte (1873). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cerambycinae by Bouchard et al. (2011), Vitali (2011), Vitali (2014), Vitali and Damgaard (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Opsimini LeConte
2011Opsimini Bouchard et al.
2011Opsimini Vitali p. 17
2014Opsimini Vitali p. 106
2016Opsimini Vitali and Damgaard p. 38

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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
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyCerambycidae()
subfamilyCerambycinae()
tribeOpsiminiLeConte 1873
tribeOpsiminiLeConte 1873

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. Opsimini LeConte 1873
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G. Dicentrus Le Conte 1880
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†Dicentrus mehli Vitali and Damgaard 2016
G. †Europsimus Vitali 2011
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†Europsimus germanicus Vitali 2011
G. Japanopsimus Matsushita 1935
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†Japanopsimus balticus Vitali 2014
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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Europsimus germanicus (149477)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Japanopsimus balticus (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Dicentrus mehli (172936)