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Byrrhinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Byrrhinae Latreille p. 146
1995Byrrhinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Byrrhinae Bouchard et al. p. 291
2016Byrrhinae Webster p. 446
2022Byrrhinae 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
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyByrrhoidea
familyByrrhidae()
subfamilyByrrhinae
subfamilyByrrhinae

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. Byrrhinae Latreille 1804
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Tr. Byrrhini Latreille 1804
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G. Arctobyrrhus Munster 1902
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Arctobyrrhus subcanus LeConte 1878
G. Byrrhus Linnaeus 1767
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Byrrhus domesticus Geoffroy 1785
†Byrrhus exanimatus von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
Byrrhus eximius Le Conte 1850
†Byrrhus lucae Von Heyden 1859
†Byrrhus oeningensis Heer 1847
†Byrrhus ottawaensis Scudder 1895
Byrrhus pilula Linnaeus 1758
Byrrhus pustulatus Forster 1771
†Byrrhus romingeri Scudder 1900
G. Cytilus Erichson 1847
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Cytilus mimicus Casey 1912
Cytilus sericeus Forster 1771
†Cytilus tartarinus Scudder 1900
G. Porcinolus Mulsant and Rey 1869
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Porcinolus murinus Fabricius 1794
Tr. Morychini El Moursy 1961
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G. Morychus Erichson 1847
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Subg. Morychus (Morychus) Erichson 1847
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Morychus aeneus Fabricius 1775
Morychus oblongus Le Conte 1857
Morychus viridis Kuzmina and Korotyauv 1987
Tr. Pedilophorini Casey 1912
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G. Pedilophorus Steffahny 1843
Tr. Simplocariini Mulsant and Rey 1869
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G. †Byrrhites Kirejtshuk 2019
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†Byrrhites bembridgensis Kirejtshuk 2019
G. Lioon Casey 1912
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Lioon simplicipes Mannerheim 1852
G. Simplocaria Stephens 1829
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Simplocaria arctica Poppius 1904
Simplocaria basalis Sahlberg 1903
Simplocaria elongata Sahlberg 1903
Simplocaria tessellata Le Conte 1850
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 Chadronian to the top of the Holocene or 37.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Byrrhus romingeri (122093)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Byrrhites bembridgensis (123959)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Byrrhus romingeri (124624) Byrrhus romingeri, Cytilus tartarinus (106384)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Byrrhus exanimatus (123945)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Byrrhus lucae (127628)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Byrrhus oeningensis (113689 117252)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation Simplocaria basalis, Morychus aeneus (113713)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Byrrhus sp., Simplocaria sp. (123352)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Arctobyrrhus subcanus (160108) Byrrhus sp., Simplocaria spp., Simplocaria basalis, Simplocaria metallica, Simplocaria elongata, Morychus aeneus, Arctobyrrhus subcanus (160109) Simplocaria elongata (160151) Simplocaria spp., Simplocaria basalis (160153) Simplocaria spp., Simplocaria basalis, Arctobyrrhus subcanus (160144)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Russian Federation Morychus viridis (163089) Simplocaria basalis, Morychus viridis (163069)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation Morychus viridis (163090 163091 163092 163093 163094 163095 163096 163097 163098 163099) Morychus viridis, Simplocaria arctica (163100)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Byrrhus sp. (168267)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) Byrrhus sp., Cytilus sp., Simplocaria tesselata (169406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Byrrhus ottawaensis (152573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Arctobyrrhus subcanus (169336) Byrrhus eximius (169347) Simplocaria tessellata (169333 169353)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Byrrhus sp., Cytilus sp., Cytilus alternatus, Morychus oblongus (167662) Cytilus mimicus (169359 169360 169361) Cytilus sp. (157092) Lioon simplicipes (169378) Morychus sp. (169370) Morychus sp., Lioon simplicipes (169379)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Byrrhus sp., Morychus aeneus, Simplocaria semistriata, Cytilus sericeus, Byrrhus pilula, Byrrhus pustulatus (163070) Morychus aeneus (163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Byrrhus sp. (164906) Simplocaria semistriata (164921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Morychus viridis (153435 153436 153437 153438 153439 153440 153441 153442 153443 153444 153445 153446 163101 163102 163103 163104 163105 163106 163107 163108 163109 163110 173201 173204 173205 173209 173210 173211 173212 173213 173214 173215) Morychus viridis, Simplocaria arctica (173206 173208) Simplocaria basalis, Morychus viridis (173216)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Simplocaria sp., Cytilus alternatus, Morychus oblongus, Simplocaria tessellata (167673)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Tyumenskaya) Morychus ostasiaticus (164864 164865 164866 164867 164868 164869) Simplocaria semistriata (164863)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Cytilus alternatus (137204 137205 137206) Simplocaria sp., Cytilus alternatus (137201)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation (Novosibirsk) Cytilus sericeus (164876) Morychus ostasiaticus (164870 164871) Morychus ostasiaticus, Porcinolus murinus (164872) Porcinolus murinus (164877 164878 164879 164880)