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Platystethus nitens

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Oxytelus nitens was named by Sahlberg (1832). It is extant.

It was recombined as Platystethus nitens by Coope et al. (1961), Herman (2001), Green et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Oxytelus nitens Sahlberg
1961Platystethus nitens Coope et al.
2001Platystethus nitens Herman p. 1482
2006Platystethus nitens Green et al.

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyOxytelinae()
tribeOxytelini
genusPlatystethusMannerheim 1830
speciesnitens(Sahlberg 1832)

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.

Platystethus nitens Sahlberg 1832
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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: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Platystethus nitens (168264 168269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Platystethus nitens (163070)