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Ptininae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Ptininae Latreille p. 112
1995Ptininae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2012Ptininae Alekseev p. 146
2014Ptininae Alekseev p. 247
2014Ptininae Zahradník and Háva p. 330
2015Ptininae Bukejs and Alekseev p. 558
2016Ptininae Webster
2019Ptininae Alekseev et al. p. 66
2022Ptininae Cai et al.
2022Ptininae Háva p. 44

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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
infraorderBostrichiformiaForbes 1926
superfamilyBostrichoidea
familyPtinidae()
subfamilyPtininae
subfamilyPtininae

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. Ptininae Latreille 1802
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G. †Electrognostus Philips and Mynhardt 2011
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†Electrognostus intermedius Philips and Mynhardt 2011
G. †Okamninus Mynhardt and Philips 2013
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†Okamninus annae Mynhardt and Philips 2013
Tr. Ptinini Latreille 1802
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G. Dignomus Wollaston 1862
G. †Dignoptinus Alekseev et al. 2019
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†Dignoptinus regiomontanus Alekseev 2014
G. Epauloecus Mulsant and Rey 1868
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Epauloecus unicolor Piller and Mitterpacher 1783
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Invalid names: Ptinus salinus Schilling 1844 [synonym]
G. Niptus Boieldieu 1856
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Niptus abstrusus Spilman 1968
†Niptus denserugosus Haupt 1956
†Niptus rugosopunctatus Haupt 1956
G. Oviedinus Bellés 2010
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†Oviedinus hispaniolensis Bellés 2010
G. Ptinus Linnaeus 1767
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Subg. Ptinus (Gynopterus) Mulsant and Rey 1868
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†Ptinus (Gynopterus) electron Háva and Zahradník 2020
†Ptinus (Gynopterus) fantii Háva and Zahradník 2020
†Ptinus (Gynopterus) groehni Háva and Zahradník 2020
†Ptinus (Gynopterus) inclusus Bellés and Vitali 2007
†Ptinus antiquus Von Heyden 1859
†Ptinus priminidi Spilman 1976
†Ptinus primordialis von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
G. †Sucinoptinus Bellés and Vitali 2007
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†Sucinoptinus brevipennis Bellés and Perkovsky 2016
†Sucinoptinus bukejsi Alekseev 2012
†Sucinoptinus rovnoensis Bellés and Perkovsky 2016
†Sucinoptinus sucini Bellés and Vitali 2007
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 Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Niptus rugosopunctatus, Niptus denserugosus (114060)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Ptinus balticus, Ptinus fantii, Sucinoptinus zahradniki (205557)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Ptinus scalovicus, Ptinus burukovskyi (124202) Sucinoptinus bukejsi, Sucinoptinus sucini, Ptinus anastasiae (139928) Sucinoptinus sucini (139929) Sucinoptinus sucini, Ptinus inclusus (138000) Sucinoptinus sucini, Ptinus scalovicus, Ptinus burukovskyi, Ptinus fantii, Ptinus electron, Ptinus groehni (110735)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Sucinoptinus brevipennis (122996) Sucinoptinus sp. (122997) Sucinoptinus sp., Sucinoptinus rovnoensis (113621)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Sucinoptinus bukejsi, Dignomus regiomontanus, Ptinus scalovicus, Ptinus burukovskyi, Ptinus balticus (123419)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Puy-de-Dome) Niptus sp. (155204)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Ptinus primordialis (123945)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria Ptinus antiquus (122879)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Electrognostus intermedius (140831) Okamninus annae (123393) Oviedinus hispaniolensis (139930)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Ptinus sp. (160165)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Ptinus priminidi (169402)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Ptinus sp., Niptus abtruses (169405)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Ptinus sp. (164905)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) Ptinus priminidi (169403 169404)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Poland Ptinus salinus (151502)