Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Tessaratomidae (giant shield bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera

Taxonomy
Tessaratominae was named by Stal (1865). It is extant.

It was reranked as the family Tessaratomidae by Wu et al. (2018).

It was assigned to Pentatomidae by Carpenter et al. (1931); and to Pentatomoidea by Wu et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Tessaratominae Stal
1931Tessaratominae Carpenter et al.
2018Tessaratomidae Wu et al.

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderPentatomomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyPentatomoideaLeach 1815
subfamilyTessaratomidaeStal 1865
subfamilyTessaratomidaeStal 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.

Subfm. Tessaratomidae Stal 1865 [giant shield bug]
show all | hide all
G. †Latahcoris Cockerell 1931
hide
†Latahcoris spectatus Cockerell 1931
Subfm. Tessaratominae Stal 1865
hide
Tr. Tessaratomini Stal 1865
hide
Subtr. Eusthenaria Stal 1870
hide
G. Pycanum Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843
hide
†Pycanum griseum Piton 1940
G. †Tesseratomoides Jordan 1967
hide
†Tesseratomoides maximus Jordan 1967
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 Selandian to the top of the Piacenzian or 61.66000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24France (Auvergne) Pycanum vanvollenhoveni, Pycanum griseum (113685)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Washington) Latahcoris spectatus (97619)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Tesseratomoides maximus (109196)