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Pleocomidae (rain beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Pleocomidae

Taxonomy
Pleocomidae was named by Leconte (1861). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scarabaeoidea by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Nikolajev (2007) and Cai et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Pleocomidae Leconte
1981Pleocomidae Crowson p. 695
1995Pleocomidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2000Pleocomidae Krell p. 876
2007Pleocomidae Nikolajev p. 31
2022Pleocomidae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyPleocomidaeLeconte 1861
familyPleocomidaeLeconte 1861

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. Pleocomidae Leconte 1861 [rain beetle]
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Subfm. †Archescarabaeinae Nikolajev 2010
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G. †Archescarabaeus Nikolajev 2010
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†Archescarabaeus mesozoicus Nikolajev 2010
Subfm. †Cretocominae Nikolajev 2002
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G. †Cretocoma Nikolajev 2002
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†Cretocoma tologoica Nikolajev 2002
Subfm. Pleocominae Leconte 1861
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G. Pleocoma Le Conte 1856
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†Pleocoma dolichophylla Nikolajev and Ren 2012
G. †Proteroscarabaeus Grabau 1923
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†Proteroscarabaeus magnus Nikolajev 1996
†Proteroscarabaeus nikritini Nikolajev 1996
†Proteroscarabaeus yeni Grabau 1923
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 Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Aptian or 130.00000 to 113.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Pleocoma dolichophylla (111712)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Shandong) Proteroscarabaeus yeni (154887 154897 156598)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Jilin) Proteroscarabaeus robustus (151876)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Proteroscarabaeus magnus (125786) Proteroscarabaeus nikritini (122549) Proteroscarabaeus yeni (105536 113403)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia Cretocoma tologoica, Archescarabaeus mesozoicus (103273)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Russian Federation Proteroscarabaeus yeni (123220)