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Alexiidae (disused)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Alexiidae

Taxonomy
Alexiidae was named by Imhoff (1856). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cucujoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995); and to Coccinelloidea by Robertson et al. (2015) and Cai et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Alexiidae Imhoff
1995Alexiidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2015Alexiidae Robertson et al. p. 770
2022Alexiidae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCoccinelloidea
familyAlexiidaeImhoff 1856
familyAlexiidaeImhoff 1856

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. Alexiidae Imhoff 1856
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available