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Hylecoetidae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hylecoetidae

Taxonomy
Hylecoeti was named by Germar (1818). It is extant. Its type is Hylecoetus.

It was corrected as Hylecoetinae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Cai et al. (2022); it was reranked as the family Hylecoetidae by Batelka et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Lymexylidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Cai et al. (2022); and to Lymexyloidea by Batelka et al. (2025).

Entered
by E. Leckey (authorized by D. Smith) on 2006-01-20; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-10-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Hylecoetinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Hylecoetinae Bouchard et al.
2022Hylecoetinae Cai et al.
2025Hylecoetidae Batelka et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyLymexyloidea
familyHylecoetidae(Germar 1818)
familyHylecoetidae(Germar 1818)

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.

Fm. Hylecoetidae Germar 1818
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Subfm. Hylecoetinae Germar 1818
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G. Hylecoetus Latreille 1806
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Invalid names: Hylecoetus cylindricus Heer 1864 [nomen nudum]
Subfm. Melittommatinae Wheeler 1986
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G. Melittomma Murray 1867
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Melittomma lacustrinum Wickham 1911
G. †Ponomarenkylon Kirejtshuk 2008
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Ponomarenkylon alexandri Kirejtshuk 2008
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 Chadronian to the top of the Sarmatian or 37.00000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Ponomarenkylon alexandri (122591)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Lymexylon lacustrinum (106381)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Hylecoetus cylindricus (117252)