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Heterocerinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Heteroceridae

Taxonomy
Heterocerinae was named by MacLeay (1825). It is extant. Its type is Heterocerus.

It was assigned to Heteroceridae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Cai et al. (2022).

Subtaxa
Heterocerini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Heterocerinae MacLeay
1995Heterocerinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Heterocerinae Bouchard et al.
2022Heterocerinae 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
superfamilyDryopoidea
familyHeteroceridaeMacLeay 1825
subfamilyHeterocerinaeMacLeay 1825
subfamilyHeterocerinaeMacLeay 1825

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. Heterocerinae MacLeay 1825
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Tr. Heterocerini MacLeay 1825
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G. Heterocerus Fabricius 1792
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Heterocerus fusculus Kiesenwetter 1843
Heterocerus hispidulus Kiesenwetter 1843
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 Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Heterocerus sp. (168264 168266)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Heterocerus hispidulus, Heterocerus fusculus, Heterocerus fenestratus (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Heterocerus sp. (153436)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Heterocerus sp. (164905)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Heterocerus sp. (167673)