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Elaphrinae

Taxonomy
Elaphrii was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Elaphrus.

It was reranked as the tribe Elaphrini by LeConte (1861); it was corrected as Elaphrinae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Tamutis et al. (2011), Bouchard et al. (2011), Cai et al. (2022).

It was assigned to Carabidae by LeConte (1861); and to Carabidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Tamutis et al. (2011), Bouchard et al. (2011), Cai et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Elaphrini LeConte p. 7
1995Elaphrinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Elaphrinae Bouchard et al. p. 107
2011Elaphrinae Tamutis et al.
2022Elaphrinae Cai et al.

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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation Blethisa inexpectata, Diacheila arctica (153434) Diacheila arctica, Elaphrus riparius (113713)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Diacheila arctica (153127)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan Elaphrus sp. (165744)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan Elaphrus sp. (165742)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Alaska) Diacheila matthewsi (162793)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Blethisa spp. (160149) Blethisa spp., Elaphrus spp., Elaphrus lapponicus, Diacheila polita, Diacheila matthewsi, Elaphrus tuberculatus, Elaphrus angusticollis (160144) Diacheila matthewsi (160145) Elaphrus lapponicus (160143) Elaphrus sibiricus (160108) Elaphrus spp., Blethisa catenaria, Elaphrus lapponicus, Blethisa multipunctata, Diacheila polita, Diacheila matthewsi, Elaphrus lecontei, Elaphrus tuberculatus, Elaphrus angusticollis (160109) Elaphrus spp., Elaphrus tuberculatus (160146 160153) Elaphrus tuberculatus (160152)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8France Elaphrus pliocenicus (113996)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Russian Federation Diacheila arctica, Elaphrus riparius, Diacheila polita (163069) Diacheila polita (163089)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation Diacheila polita (163100)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan Elaphrus japonicus (165704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Kumamoto) Elaphrus sp., Elaphrus japonicus (165716)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Elaphrus riparius (168265)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Elaphrus japonicus (165710)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Blethisa pleistocenica, Diachila arctica (153476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Elaphrus cupreus (164904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Astrakhan) Elaphrus riparius, Blethisa multipunctata (125794)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Elaphrus cupreus (163075) Elaphrus riparius, Elaphrus lapponicus, Helobium multipunctatum, Elaphrus cupreus (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Elaphrus americanus, Elaphrus purpurans, Elaphrus clairvillei (167662) Elaphrus californicus, Elaphrus purpurans, Elaphrus clairvillei (157092) Elaphrus clairvillei (169370)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Elaphrus americanus (167673)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Elaphrus americanus (174229) Elaphrus irregularis (122182)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Diacheila arctica (137208) Elaphrus clairvillei (137212) Elaphrus lapponicus (137207 137209)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Blethisa catenaria, Elaphrus lapponicus, Diacheila polita (173216) Diacheila polita (173205 173208)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Blethisa catenaria, Elaphrus lapponicus, Elaphrus americanus (137204) Blethisa catenaria, Elaphrus lapponicus, Elaphrus clairvillei (137201) Diacheila arctica, Blethisa catenaria, Elaphrus clairvillei (137205)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Elaphrus ruscarius (161518)