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Heteroceridae (Variegated mud-loving beetle)
Taxonomy
Heteroceridae was named by MacLeay (1825). It is extant. Its type is Heterocerus.
It was assigned to Byrrhoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Li et al. (2020); and to Dryopoidea by Crowson (1981), Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Byrrhoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Li et al. (2020); and to Dryopoidea by Crowson (1981), Cai et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Heteroceridae MacLeay |
| 1981 | Heteroceridae Crowson p. 695 |
| 1995 | Heteroceridae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2011 | Heteroceridae Bouchard et al. p. 49 |
| 2020 | Heteroceridae Li et al. p. 61 |
| 2022 | Heteroceridae Cai et al. |
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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. Heteroceridae MacLeay 1825 [Variegated mud-loving beetle]
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G. †Excavotarsus Li et al. 2020
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†Excavotarsus lini Li et al. 2020
†Excavotarsus minor Li et al. 2020
Subfm. Heterocerinae MacLeay 1825
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Tr. Heterocerini MacLeay 1825
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G. Heterocerus Fabricius 1792
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Heterocerus fenestratus Thunberg 1784
Heterocerus fusculus Kiesenwetter 1843
Heterocerus hispidulus Kiesenwetter 1843
G. †Heterocerites Ponomarenko 1986
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†Heterocerites kobdoensis Ponomarenko 1986
†Heterocerites magnus Prokin and Ren 2011
Invalid names: Elythomerinae Pacheco 1964 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 125.77000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | Heterocerites magnus (111716) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia (Kobdo aimak) | Heterocerites kobdoensis (104054) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Excavotarsus lini, Excavotarsus minor (161726) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Heterocerus sp. (168264 168266) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Washington) | Lanternarius parrotus (157092) Lapsus tristis (167662) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Worcestershire) | Heterocerus hispidulus, Heterocerus fusculus, Heterocerus fenestratus (163070) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Heterocerus sp. (164905) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Heterocerus sp. (167673) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | Heterocerus sp. (153436) |