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Orthocerini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Zopheridae

Taxonomy
Orthocerites was named by Blanchard (1845). It is extant. Its type is Orthocerus.

It was corrected as Orthocerini by Bouchard et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Colydiinae by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Orthocerini Bouchard et al.
2024Sarrotriini Alekseev and Bukejs p. 217

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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
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyZopheridaeSolier 1834
subfamilyColydiinae
tribeOrthocerini()
tribeOrthocerini()

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. Orthocerini Blanchard 1845
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G. Orthocerus Latreille 1796
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Orthocerus clavicornis Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Sarrotriini Billberg 1820 [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 Priabonian to the top of the Gelasian or 37.71000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Helioctamenus groehni (110735 227640) Thanatoplagia tamutisi (152022)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Orthocerus clavicornis (160109)