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Clambidae (minute beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Clambidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Clambidae Fischer von Waldheim p. 52
1981Clambidae Crowson p. 695
1995Clambidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Clambidae Bouchard et al. p. 273
2016Ptismidae Kirejtshuk and Azar p. 202
2017Clambidae Alekseev p. 141
2022Clambidae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
Clambiformia
superfamilyClamboidea
familyClambidae
familyClambidae

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.

Fm. Clambidae Fischer von Waldheim 1821 [minute beetle]
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Subfm. Acalyptomerinae Crowson 1979
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G. Acalyptomerus Crowson 1979
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Acalyptomerus thayerae Cai and Lawrence 2019
Subfm. Clambinae Fischer von Waldheim 1821
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G. Clambus Fischer von Waldheim 1821
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Clambus helheimricus Alekseev 2017
G. †Eoclambus Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008
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Eoclambus rugidorsum Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008
G. Sphaerothorax Endrödy-Younga 1959
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Sphaerothorax uenoi Cai and Lawrence 2019
Invalid names: Calyptomerinae Crowson 1955 [empty], Ptismidae Kirejtshuk and Azar 2016 [synonym]
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: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Priabonian or 130.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon Eoclambus rugidorsum (122471) Ptisma zasukhae (154705)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Acalyptomerus thayerae, Sphaerothorax uenoi (161726) Sphaerothorax uenoi (184691)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Clambus helheimricus (123419)