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Steninae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Steninae Macleay p. 49
1995Steninae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2001Steninae Herman p. 2007
2011Steninae Bouchard et al. p. 216
2014Steninae Cai et al. p. 558
2022Steninae Cai et al.
2022Steninae Mnguni et al. p. 4

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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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilySteninae
subfamilySteninae

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. Steninae Macleay 1825
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G. †Afristenus Mnguni et al. 2022
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†Afristenus orapensis Mnguni et al. 2022
G. Dianous Leach 1819
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Dianous nitidulus Le Conte 1849
G. †Eocenostenus Cai et al. 2014
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†Eocenostenus fossilis Cai et al. 2014
G. †Festenus Żyła et al. 2017
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†Festenus gracilis Żyła et al. 2017
†Festenus robustus Żyła et al. 2017
G. Stenus Latreille 1796
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Subg. Stenus (Hemistenus) Motschulsky 1860
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Invalid names: Stenus (Parastenus) Heyden 1905 [synonym]
Subg. Stenus (Tesnus) Rey 1884
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†Stenus (Tesnus) inexpectatus Schlüter 1978
†Stenus abraham Puthz 2010
†Stenus archetypus Puthz 2010
†Stenus atavus Puthz 2010
†Stenus avus Puthz 2010
Stenus biguttatus Linnaeus 1758
Stenus brunnipes Stephens 1833
Stenus comma LeConte 1863
†Stenus groehni Puthz 2010
†Stenus gypsi Oustalet 1874
Stenus juno Paykull 1789
†Stenus ketura Puthz 2010
†Stenus methusalem Puthz 2010
†Stenus morsei Scudder 1900
†Stenus noach Puthz 2010
†Stenus ornatus Förster 1891
Stenus pinguis Casey 1884
†Stenus prodromus Heer 1856
†Stenus scribai von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
Stenus scrupeus Casey 1884
Stenus sordidus Puthz 1988
Invalid names: Areus Casey 1884 [synonym]
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 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 (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Stenus inexpectatus (123019)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Festenus gracilis (123053) Festenus robustus (111688) Festenus sp., Festenus gracilis (161726)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Botswana Afristenus orapensis (123430)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Russian Federation (Tenkinskii) Stenus imputribilis (105375)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Bledius morsei (122093)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Gard) Eocenostenus fossilis (144529)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Stenus avus (167770) Stenus ketura (124201) Stenus noach (123757) Stenus sp. A, Stenus sp. E, Stenus methusalem (124318) Stenus sp. B, Stenus sp. C, Stenus sp. D, Stenus sp. F, Stenus archetypus, Stenus groehni, Stenus abraham, Stenus atavus, Stenus avus (110735) Stenus sp. C (120814)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Stenus sp. G, Stenus priscus (123419)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Bledius morsei (106384) Stenus morsei (113749 124624)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Stenus ornatus (121474)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Stenus gypsi (122501) Stenus prodromus (122876)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Stenus scribai (123945)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Stenus seribai (138696)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation Stenus sp. (113713)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Stenus sp. (123352)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Stenus n. sp.?, Stenus spp., Stenus melanarius, Stenus canaliculatus, Stenus vinnulus, Stenus hyperboreus, Stenus carbonarius, Stenus sordidus, Stenus mammops, Stenus scrupeus (160109) Stenus n. sp.?, Stenus spp., Stenus vinnulus, Stenus sordidus, Stenus mammops, Stenus scrupeus, Stenus pinguis (160144) Stenus spp. (160151) Stenus spp., Stenus assequens, Stenus pubescens (160146) Stenus spp., Stenus vinnulus (160153)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Russian Federation Stenus sp. (163069)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Stenus spp. (168264 168265 168267 168268 168270 168271) Stenus spp., Stenus biguttatus (168269) Stenus spp., Stenus juno (168266 168272)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Stenus brunnipes (169401) Stenus sp. (169388 169390 169391 169392 169397 169399) Stenus spp. (169389)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) Stenus spp. (169406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Stenus sp. (169333 169350) Stenus spp. (169353)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Stenus sp. (173208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Stenus sp. (169360 169361 169362 169366) Stenus spp. (157092 169359 169367 169370 169371 169372 169373 169374 169375 169376 169378 169379 169380) Stenus spp., Dianous nitidulus (167662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Stenus sp. (164905 164906 164920)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Stenus sp. (167675) Stenus spp., Stenus comma (167673)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Stenus sp. (137207 137208)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Stenus sp. (137201 137204 137205 137206)