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Agabus (Gaurodytes)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Taxonomy
Gaurodytes was named by Thomson (1859). It is extant.

It was reranked as Agabus (Gaurodytes) by Nilsson (2001).

It was assigned to Agabus by Nilsson (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Agabus (Gaurodytes) Nilsson

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyDytiscidae()
subfamilyAgabinaeThomson 1867
genusAgabus
subgenusGaurodytes()

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.

Subg. Agabus (Gaurodytes) Thomson 1859
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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 Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Agabus affinis (160108 160109 160143 160144)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Agabus bipustulatus (168266 168270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Agabus nebulosus, Agabus bipustulatus (163070)