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Sphenophorina

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Sphenophorini was named by Lacordaire (1865). It is extant. Its type is Sphenophorus.

It was reranked as the subtribe Sphenophorina by Legalov (2015), Chamorro et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Rhynchophorinae by Bouchard et al. (2011); and to Rhynchophorini by Legalov (2015), Chamorro et al. (2021).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Sphenophorini Lacordaire
2011Sphenophorini Bouchard et al. p. 573
2015Sphenophorina Legalov p. 1495
2021Sphenophorina Chamorro et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyDryophthorinae
tribeRhynchophoriniSchonherr 1833
subtribeSphenophorina(Lacordaire 1865)
subtribeSphenophorina(Lacordaire 1865)

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.

Subtr. Sphenophorina Lacordaire 1865
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G. †Oryctorhinus Scudder 1893
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Oryctorhinus tenuirostris Scudder 1893
G. Scyphophorus Schoenherr 1838
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Scyphophorus fossionis Scudder 1893
Scyphophorus laevis Scudder 1893
Scyphophorus tertiarius Wickham 1911
G. Sphenophorus Schonherr 1837
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Sphenophorus proluviosus von Heyden and von Heyden 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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Scyphophorus fossionis, Scyphophorus laevis, Oryctorhinus tenuirostris (106384) Scyphophorus fossionis, Scyphophorus tertiarius (106381) Scyphophorus laevis (113749)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Sphenophorus proluviosus (123945)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Sphenophorus naegelianus, Sphenophorus regelianus (115304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Sphenophorus sp. (71346)