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Byrrhus pilula

Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae

Taxonomy
Dermestes pilula was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Byrrhus pilula by Linnaeus (1767), Fabricius (1775), Coope et al. (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Dermestes pilula Linnaeus p. 356
1761Dermestes pilula Linnaeus p. 144
1767Byrrhus pilula Linnaeus p. 568
1774Dermestes pilula De Geer p. 213
1775Byrrhus pilula Fabricius p. 60
1961Byrrhus pilula Coope 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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyByrrhoidea
familyByrrhidae()
subfamilyByrrhinae
tribeByrrhini
genusByrrhus
speciespilula()

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.

Byrrhus pilula Linnaeus 1758
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Byrrhus pilula (163070)