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Prometopiinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae

Taxonomy
Prometopinae was named by Böving and Craighead (1931). It is extant.

It was corrected as Prometopiinae by Cai et al. (2022).

It was assigned to Nitidulidae by Böving and Craighead (1931), Cline et al. (2014), Cai et al. (2022).

Subtaxa
Palaeometopia, Prometopia
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2015-04-10; modified by M. Clapham on 2019-07-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Prometopinae Böving and Craighead p. 37
2014Prometopinae Cline et al.
2022Prometopiinae Cai 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
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyNitiduloidea
familyNitidulidae()
subfamilyPrometopiinae()
subfamilyPrometopiinae()

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. Prometopiinae Böving and Craighead 1931
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G. †Palaeometopia Kirejtshuk 2007
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†Palaeometopia colorata Kirejtshuk and Poinar 2007
†Palaeometopia dominicana Kirejtshuk and Poinar 2007
G. Prometopia Erichson 1843
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Subg. Prometopia (Prometopia) Erichson 1843
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†Prometopia (Prometopia) europaea Kirejtshuk and Kurochkin 2019
†Prometopia depilis Scudder 1877
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 Priabonian to the top of the Langhian or 37.71000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Prometopia europaea (21976)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Prometopia depilis (121480)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Palaeometopia dominicana, Palaeometopia colorata (122472)