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Denticollinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Denticollinae was named by Stein and Weise (1877). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dendrometridae by Bouchard et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Elateridae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Barsevskis (2005), Nabozhenko et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Selatosomini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Denticollinae Stein and Weise
1995Denticollinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2005Denticollinae Barsevskis p. 9
2024Denticollinae Nabozhenko et al. p. 147

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
subfamilyDenticollinaeStein and Weise 1877
subfamilyDenticollinaeStein and Weise 1877

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. Denticollinae Stein and Weise 1877
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Tr. Selatosomini Schimmel et al. 2015
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G. Selatosomus Stephens 1830
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†Selatosomus miegi Theobald 1937
Invalid names: Diacanthus Latreille 1834 [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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Piacenzian or 33.90000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Selatosomus miegi (122407)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Akidinae indet. (109196)