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Mycetoporinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Mycetoporini was named by Thomson (1859). It is extant. Its type is Mycetoporus.

It was reranked as the subfamily Mycetoporinae by Yamamoto (2021), Cai et al. (2022).

It was assigned to Tachyporinae by Herman (2001), Yue et al. (2009), Bouchard et al. (2011); and to Staphylinidae by Yamamoto (2021), Cai et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Mycetoporini Thomson
1877Bolitobiini Horn
1877Bolitobii Horn p. 83
1990Bolitobiini Ryvkin p. 64
2001Mycetoporini Herman p. 679
2006Boletobiinae Green et al.
2009Mycetoporini Yue et al. p. 64
2011Mycetoporini Bouchard et al.
2021Mycetoporinae Yamamoto p. 95
2022Mycetoporinae Cai et al.

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyMycetoporinae(Thomson 1859)
subfamilyMycetoporinae(Thomson 1859)

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. Mycetoporinae Thomson 1859
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G. Bolitobius Leach 1819
G. †Cretafrica Mnguni et al. 2024
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†Cretafrica orapensis Mnguni et al. 2024
G. †Cuneocharis Ryvkin 1990
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†Cuneocharis elongatus Ryvkin 1990
G. †Glabrimycetoporus Yue et al. 2009
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†Glabrimycetoporus amoenus Yue et al. 2009
G. Ischnosoma Stephens 1829
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Ischnosoma flavicolle LeConte 1863
G. Lordithon Thomson 1859
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†Lordithon durabilis Scudder 1900
†Lordithon funditus Scudder 1900
Lordithon longiceps LeConte 1863
†Lordithon lyelli Scudder 1900
†Lordithon stygis Scudder 1900
G. Mycetoporus Mannerheim 1830
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†Mycetoporus demersus Scudder 1900
G. Parabolitobius Li et al. 2000
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†Parabolitobius antiquus Yamamoto 2023
†Parabolitobius groehni Schülke 2000
G. †Ryvkinius Herman 2001
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†Ryvkinius gracilis Ryvkin 1990
Invalid names: Mesoporus Ryvkin 1990 [replaced]
G. †Undiatina Ryvkin 1990
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†Undiatina pilosa Ryvkin 1990
Invalid names: Bolitobiini Horn 1877 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 149.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 143.1 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation (Chita) Mesoporus gracilis, Cuneocharis elongatus (119397) Undiatina pilosa (123197)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Liaoning) Glabrimycetoporus amoenus (112845)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Parabolitobius antiquus (222694)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Botswana Cretafrica orapensis (123430)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Mycetoporini indet. (123959)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Bolitobius groehni (110735 156165)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Boletobius funditus (106382) Boletobius funditus, Mycetoporus demersus, Boletobius lyelli, Boletobius durabilis, Boletobius stygis (106384) Boletobius funditus, Mycetoporus demersus, Boletobius stygis (113749) Mycetoporus demersus (106381)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Mycetoporus sp. (160159) Mycetoporus sp., Bolitobius sp. (160109)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Russian Federation Bolitobius sp. 1, Bolitobius sp. 2 (163069)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Boletobiinae indet. (168264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Bolitobius sp. (173216)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Bolitobiini indet. (167673)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Mycetoporus sp. (137208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Lordithon longiceps (169336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Mycetoporus punctatissimus, Mycetoporus pictus (167662)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Mycetoporus sp. (137201 137204 137205 137206)