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Elaphropus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Elaphropus was named by Motschulsky (1839). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tachyina by Bousquet (2012) and Ortuño and Arillo (2015); and to Tachyina by Maddison et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Elaphropus Motschulsky
2012Elaphropus Bousquet p. 667
2015Elaphropus Ortuño and Arillo p. 585
2019Elaphropus Maddison et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyTrechinae()
Trechitae
tribeTachyiniMotschulsky 1862
subtribeTachyinaMotschulsky 1862
genusElaphropusMotschulsky 1839

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. Elaphropus Motschulsky 1839
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Subg. Elaphropus (Barytachys) Chaudoir 1868
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Subg. †Elaphropus (Tarsitachys) Erwin 1971
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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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 38.00000 to 0.01170 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
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation E. bilobus (123419)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Tarsitachys bilobus (123762)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) E. incurvus (169347)