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Coptotominae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Taxonomy
Coptotominae was named by Van den Branden (1885). It is extant. Its type is Coptotomus.

It was assigned to Dytiscidae by Hendrich and Balke (2020) and Cai et al. (2022).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Coptotominae Van den Branden p. 88
2020Coptotominae Hendrich and Balke
2022Coptotominae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyDytiscidae()
subfamilyCoptotominae
subfamilyCoptotominae

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. Coptotominae Van den Branden 1885
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Tr. Coptotomini Van den Branden 1885
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G. Coptotomus Say 1830
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Coptotomus balticus Hendrich and Balke 2020
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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Coptotomus balticus (110735 145846)