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Brachypeplus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae

Taxonomy
Brachypeplus was named by Erichson (1842). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cillaeini by Kirejtshuk and Kovalev (2022).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Brachypeplus Erichson p. 148
2021Palaeopeplus Powell and Cline p. 23
2022Brachypeplus Kirejtshuk and Kovalev p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyNitiduloidea
familyNitidulidae()
subfamilyCillaeinae
tribeCillaeini
genusBrachypeplus

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.

G. Brachypeplus Erichson 1842
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Brachypeplus cascus Powell and Cline 2021
Invalid names: Palaeopeplus Powell and Cline 2021 [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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Palaeopeplus cascus (123393)