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Ptiliidae (feather-winged beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptiliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Ptiliidae Crowson p. 695
1992Ptiliidae Carpenter
1995Ptiliidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Ptiliidae Bouchard et al.
2018Ptiliidae Yamamoto et al. p. 413
2019Ptiliidae Polilov et al.
2022Ptiliidae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyPtiliidae()
familyPtiliidae()

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. Ptiliidae Erichson 1845 [feather-winged beetle]
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G. Microptilium Matthews 1872
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Subfm. Nossidiinae Sörensson and Delgado 2019
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G. †Crenossidium Li et al. 2022
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Crenossidium slipinskii Li et al. 2022
Subfm. Ptiliinae Erichson 1845
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Tr. Acrotrichini Reitter 1909
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G. Acrotrichis Moltschulsky 1848
Tr. Cephaloplectini Sharp 1883
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Invalid names: Limulodinae Ganglbauer 1899 [synonym]
Tr. Discheramocephalini Grebennikov 2009
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G. †Kekveus Yamamoto et al. 2018
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Kekveus brevisulcatus Li et al. 2023
Kekveus jason Yamamoto et al. 2018
Tr. Ptenidiini Flach 1889
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G. Ptenidium Erichson 1845
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Ptenidium kishenehnicum Shockley and Greenwalt 2013
Tr. Ptiliini Erichson 1845
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G. Micridium Motschulsky 1868
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Micridium groehni Polilov and Perkovsky 2004
G. Ptilium Gyllenhal 1827
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Ptilium tertiarium Horion 1937
Tr. Ptinellini Reitter 1906
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G. Ptinella Motschulsky 1844
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Ptinella oligocoenica Parsons 1939
Ptinella rovnoensis Polilov and Perkovsky 2004
Invalid names: Nanosellini Barber 1924 [empty]
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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Crenossidium slipinskii, Kekveus brevisulcatus (161726) Kekveus jason (184691)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Montana) Ptenidium kishenehnicum (117614 135664)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Ptinella rovnoensis (113621)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany Ptiliidae indet. (123769)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Micridium groehni (110735) Microptilium geistautsi (124579) Ptinella oligocoenica (124205)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Ptilium tertiarium (122010)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Acrotrichis sp., Micridium sp. (123352)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Acrotrichis sp., Ptenidium sp. (168269) Ptenidium sp. (168266 168268 168271)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Ptiliidae indet. (169359 169370 169371 169372 169373 169374 169376 169378 169379 169380)