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Heterogastridae

Insecta - Hemiptera - Heterogastridae

Taxonomy
Heterogasterinae was named by Stal (1872). It is extant. Its type is Heterogaster.

It was reranked as the family Heterogastridae by Gao et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Lygaeidae by Statz and Wagner (1950); and to Lygaeoidea by Gao et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Heterogaster (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Heterogasterinae Stal
1950Heterogasterinae Statz and Wagner p. 109
2017Heterogastridae Gao et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderPentatomomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyLygaeoideaSchilling 1829
familyHeterogastridae(Stal 1872)
familyHeterogastridae(Stal 1872)

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.

Fm. Heterogastridae Stal 1872
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G. Heterogaster Schilling 1829
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†Heterogaster antiquus Heer 1853
†Heterogaster breviscutatus Theobald 1937
†Heterogaster famosus Förster 1891
†Heterogaster pumilio Heer 1853
†Heterogaster sundgoviensis Theobald 1937
Invalid names: Heterogaster tristis Heer 1864 [nomen nudum]
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 MP 23 to the top of the Sarmatian or 33.90000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Heterogaster famosus, Lygaeus gracilentus, Heterogaster troglodytes (121473) Heterogaster sundgoviensis (122408)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France Heterogaster pumilio (122536) Heterogaster pumilio, Heterogaster breviscutatus (122535)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Heterogaster radobojanus, Heterogaster sundgoviensis (122407)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Heterogasterinae sp. (122010)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Heterogaster pumilio (122488)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Heterogaster antiquus, Heterogaster pumilio (122501 122877) Heterogaster pumilio (113712) Heterogaster sp., Heterogaster antiquus (122511)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Heterogaster tristis (117252)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Heterogaster radobojanus (117246) Heterogaster redivivus (122874) Heterogaster troglodytes (117761)