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Tetratoma

Insecta - Coleoptera - Tetratomidae

Taxonomy
Tetratoma was named by Fabricius (1790). It is extant. It is the type genus of Tetratomaedes, Tetratominae.

It was assigned to Insecta by Fabricius (1790); to Coleoptera by Herbst (1791); to Diaperialae by Latreille (1802); to Tetratomaedes by Billberg (1820); and to Tetratominae by Nikitsky (1998), Alekseev (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1790Tetratoma Fabricius p. 217
1791Tetratoma Herbst p. 85
1802Tetratoma Latreille p. 163
1820Tetratoma Billberg p. 34
1998Tetratoma Nikitsky p. 16
2013Tetratoma Alekseev p. 132

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyTetratomidae()
subfamilyTetratominae
genusTetratoma

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. Tetratoma Fabricius 1790
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Subg. Tetratoma (Abstrulia) Casey 1900
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Subg. Tetratoma (Incolia) Casey 1900
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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 Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.71000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation T. nikitskyi (123419)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) T. concolor (169347)