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Ptiliinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptiliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Ptiliinae Erichson p. 15
1995Ptiliinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2009Ptiliinae Grebennikov
2018Ptiliinae Yamamoto et al. p. 413
2019Ptiliinae Polilov et al.
2022Ptiliinae Cai et al.
2023Ptiliinae Li et al. p. 4

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyPtiliidae()
subfamilyPtiliinae
subfamilyPtiliinae

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.

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 Middle Pleistocene or 99.60000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Kekveus brevisulcatus (161726) Kekveus jason (184691)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Ptenidium kishenehnicum (117614 135664)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Ptinella rovnoensis (113621)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Micridium groehni (110735) Ptinella oligocoenica (124205)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (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)