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Psiloptera (Damarsila)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Damarsila was named by Thomson (1878). It is extant.

It was reranked as Psiloptera (Damarsila) by Hörnschemeyer and Wedmann (1994).

It was assigned to Buprestidae by Piton (1935); and to Psiloptera by Hörnschemeyer and Wedmann (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Damarsilia Piton p. 66
1994Psiloptera (Damarsila) Hörnschemeyer and Wedmann p. 91

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyChrysochroinaeLaporte 1835
tribeDicercini()
subtribeDicercina
genusPsilopteraDejean 1833
subgenusDamarsila(Thomson 1878)

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.

Subg. Psiloptera (Damarsila) Thomson 1878
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Damarsilia martyi Piton 1935
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: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246France Damarsilia martyi (138763)