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Ceratocanthini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hybosoridae

Taxonomy
Ceratocanthini was named by Martinez (1968). It is extant. Its type is Ceratocanthus.

It was assigned to Ceratocanthinae by Bouchard et al. (2011), Poinar (2014), Ballerio and Grebennikov (2016) and Lu et al. (2022).

Subtaxa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Ceratocanthini Martinez
1981Acanthoceridae Crowson p. 695
2011Ceratocanthini Bouchard et al.
2014Ceratocanthini Poinar p. 433
2016Ceratocanthini Ballerio and Grebennikov p. 28
2022Ceratocanthini Lu et al. p. 5

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyHybosoridaeErichson 1847
subfamilyCeratocanthinae(Martinez 1968)
tribeCeratocanthiniMartinez 1968
tribeCeratocanthiniMartinez 1968

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.

Tr. Ceratocanthini Martinez 1968
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G. Ceratocanthus White 1842
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Ceratocanthus huarongii Lu et al. 2022
G. Germarostes Paulian 1982
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Germarostes emarginatus Poinar 2014
G. Nesopalla Paulian and Howden 1982
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Nesopalla succini Lu et al. 2022
Invalid names: Acanthocerini [replaced]
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 Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Ceratocanthus huarongii (226931) Ceratocanthus sp., Ceratocanthus emarginatus, Germarostes sp. A (122472) Germarostes sp. A, Germarostes sp. B (186640) Nesopalla succini (226930)