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Lithogeraeus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy

Lithogeraeus was named by Legalov (2018). Its type is Lithogeraeus greenriverensis.

It was assigned to Apostasimerini by Legalov (2018).

Species

L. anicilla, L. circumscripta, L. comminuta, L. cremastorhynchoides, L. damnata, L. florissantensis, L. greenriverensis (type species), L. nearctica, L. primalis, L. renovata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2018	Lithogeraeus Legalov p. 426

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
—	Coleopterida
order	Coleoptera
—	Mesocoleoptera
—	Metacoleoptera
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Cucujiformia	Lameere 1938
—	Phytophaga
superfamily	Curculionoidea
family	Curculionidae	()
subfamily	Conoderinae	Schoenherr 1833
—	Bariditae	Schoenherr 1836
tribe	Apostasimerini	Schoenherr 1844
genus	Lithogeraeus

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.

G. †Lithogeraeus Legalov 2018

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†Lithogeraeus anicilla Scudder 1893

†Lithogeraeus circumscripta Scudder 1893

†Lithogeraeus comminuta Scudder 1893

†Lithogeraeus cremastorhynchoides Wickham 1913

†Lithogeraeus damnata Scudder 1893

†Lithogeraeus florissantensis Wickham 1913

†Lithogeraeus greenriverensis Legalov 2018

†Lithogeraeus nearctica Wickham 1916

†Lithogeraeus primalis Wickham 1917

†Lithogeraeus renovata Wickham 1916

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: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Chadronian or 51.10000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian	51.1 - 45.9	USA (Utah)	Aulobaris circumscripta, Aulobaris comminuta (152137)
Bridgerian	51.1 - 45.9	USA (Colorado)	Aulobaris anicilla, Aulobaris circumscripta (114681) L. greenriverensis (138675)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	Aulobaris damnata (122093)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	Baris florissantensis, Baris cremastorhynchoides, Baris renovata, Baris nearctica (113749) Baris primalis (124624)