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Podistra

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Podistra Motschulsky
2018Podistra Fanti and Damgaard p. 16
2020Podistra Fanti p. 16
2020Podistra Fanti and Damgaard p. 129
2021Podistra Fanti p. 2
2023Podistra Pankowski and Fanti p. 303
2025Podistra Fanti p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyCantharidaeImhoff 1856
subfamilyCantharinaeImhoff 1856
tribeCanthariniImhoff 1856
genusPodistraMotschulsky 1839

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. Podistra Motschulsky 1839
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Subg. Podistra (Absidia) Mulsant 1862
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†Podistra (Absidia) kloevedali Fanti and Damgaard 2018
†Podistra (Absidia) mattheseni Fanti and Damgaard 2020
†Podistra (Absidia) quies Fanti and Walker 2019 [soldier beetle]
Subg. Podistra (Podistra) Motschulsky 1839
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Subg. Podistra (Pseudoabsidia) Wittmer 1969
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†Podistra madelineae Pankowski and Fanti 2023
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 Priabonian to the top of the Chattian or 37.71000 to 23.04000 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
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania P. guthriei (154362)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) P. carstengroehni (110735) P. kloevedali, P. mattheseni (172936) P. madelineae (147652)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation P. jirii (185560)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) P. quies (122010)