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Rhizophagus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Monotomidae

Taxonomy
Rhizophagus was named by Herbst (1793) [Original spelling Ryzophagus was placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Suppressed Generic Names in Zoology, Rhizophagus was considered the correct original spelling of the genus and placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology.]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Rhizophaginae.

It was assigned to Coleoptera by Herbst (1793); and to Rhizophaginae by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1793Rhizophagus Herbst p. 18
1793Ryzophagus Herbst p. 18
2011Rhizophagus Bouchard 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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyNitiduloidea
familyMonotomidae()
subfamilyRhizophaginaeRedtenbacher 1845
genusRhizophagus

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. Rhizophagus Herbst 1793
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Rhizophagus remotus Le Conte 1866
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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) R. remotus (169336)