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Carabiformia

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Carabiformia was named by Lameere (1900) [rank=series]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Adephaga by Crowson (1981).

Subtaxa
Caraboidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Carabiformia Lameere
1981Carabiformia Crowson p. 694

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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
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
infraorderCarabiformia
infraorderCarabiformia

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.

Infraor. Carabiformia Lameere 1900
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Superfm. Caraboidea Latreille 1802
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G. †Beipiaocarabus Hong 1983
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G. †Carabilarva Ponomarenko 1985
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†Carabilarva jurassica Ponomarenko 1985
†Carabilarva robusta Makarov 1995
†Carabilarva triassica Makarov and Prokin 2013
G. †Eurycoleus Hong 1982
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†Eurycoleus arcuatus Hong 1982
†Eurycoleus foveolatus Hong 1984
†Eurycoleus parvus Hong 1982
G. †Glottocoleus Hong 1982
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G. †Glyptocoleus Hong 1982
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G. †Grypocoleus Hong 1982
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G. †Jiangxicoleus Hong 1988
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G. †Leptocoleus Hong 1982
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†Leptocoleus lenis Hong 1982
G. †Mesocoleus Hong 1982
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G. †Obesofemoria Hong 1982
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G. †Phyllocoleus Hong 1982
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G. †Pleurocoleus Hong 1982
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G. †Procalosoma Meunier 1895
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†Procalosoma giardi Meunier 1895
†Procalosoma incertum Ponomarenko 2014
†Procalosoma major Handlirsch 1906
†Procalosoma mimor Handlirsch 1906
†Procalosoma minor Handlirsch 1906
G. †Vago Hong 1982
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†Vago oblonga Hong 1982
G. †Yumenocoleus Hong 1982
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†Yumenocoleus lineatus Hong 1982
†Yumenocoleus longus Hong 1982
†Yumenocoleus tenuis Hong 1988
Invalid names: Unda chonggezhuangensis Wang 1998 [nomen dubium], Unda pandurata Ren 1995 [nomen dubium]
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 Tuvalian to the top of the Middle Albian or 233.60000 to 106.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 227.3 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Germany Carabilarva triassica (153474)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Caraboidea indet. (123446)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Liaoning) Beipiaocarabus oblonga (154730)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Russian Federation (Buryat) Carabilarva jurassica (105017)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Kazakhstan Carabilarva robusta (105426)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Procalosoma major (122586 139876)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Procalosoma giardi (123906 152298) Procalosoma mimor, Procalosoma minor (123144)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Mongolia Caraboidea indet. (152133) Procalosoma incertum (121394)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Hebei) Yumenocoleus nantianmenensis (155155)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Jilin) Eurycoleus foveolatus (172382)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57China (Gansu) Yumenocoleus longus (155016)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Gansu) Vago oblonga, Obesofemoria sp. 1, Obesofemoria chijinqiaoensis, Leptocoleus lenis (155034)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Jiangxi) Jiangxicoleus guixiense (156559 156561) Jiangxicoleus yiyangense (156556 156558 156560) Yumenocoleus tenuis (156557)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Beijing Shi) Unda chonggezhuangensis (164712)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2China (Gansu) Pleurocoleus catenatus, Yumenocoleus intermedius, Yumenocoleus longus, Eurycoleus clypeolatus, Eurycoleus arcuatus, Eurycoleus dimorphocellatus, Eurycoleus parvus, Glottocoleus lenticulata, Mesocoleus zhonggouense, Glyptocoleus stellatus, Phyllocoleus striolatus (155013) Yumenocoleus lineatus (155047)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2China (Beijing Shi) Eurycoleus foveolatus (155161) Unda pandurata (106965)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3China (Gansu) Grypocoleus fornicatus (155037)