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Choraginae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Anthribidae

Taxonomy

Choraginae was named by Kirby (1819). It is extant.

It was assigned to Anthribidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999), Bouchard et al. (2011), Legalov (2012), Legalov (2015), Poinar and Legalov (2016), Legalov et al. (2018), Shin et al. (2018), Legalov (2019), Legalov (2022), Cai et al. (2022).

Subtaxa

Choragini, Cretochoragini, Valenfriesiini

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1819	Choraginae Kirby
1995	Choraginae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 788
1999	Choraginae Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal
2011	Choraginae Bouchard et al.
2012	Choraginae Legalov p. 691
2015	Choraginae Legalov p. 1460
2016	Choraginae Poinar and Legalov p. 26
2018	Choraginae Legalov et al. p. 208
2018	Choraginae Shin et al.
2019	Choraginae Legalov p. 10
2022	Choraginae Cai et al.
2022	Choraginae Legalov p. 1935

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
—	Coleopterida
order	Coleoptera
—	Mesocoleoptera
—	Metacoleoptera
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Cucujiformia	Lameere 1938
—	Phytophaga
superfamily	Curculionoidea
family	Anthribidae	()
subfamily	Choraginae	Kirby 1819
subfamily	Choraginae	Kirby 1819

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. Choraginae Kirby 1819

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Tr. Choragini Kirby 1819

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G. Choragus Kirby 1819

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†Choragus exsertus Poinar and Legalov 2016

†Choragus fictilis Scudder 1890

†Choragus tertiarius von Heyden and von Heyden 1866

Tr. †Cretochoragini Legalov 2015

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G. †Cretochoragus Soriano et al. 2006

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†Cretochoragus pygmaeus Soriano et al. 2006

Tr. Valenfriesiini Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999

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G. Cyptoxenus Valentine 1982

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†Cyptoxenus buchelus Poinar and Legalov 2016

†Cyptoxenus ovatus Poinar and Legalov 2016

G. †Eduardoxenus Legalov et al. 2018

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†Eduardoxenus rasnitsyni Legalov 2022

†Eduardoxenus unicus Legalov et al. 2018

G. Neoxenus Valentine 1999

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†Neoxenus globosus Poinar and Legalov 2016

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 Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Langhian or 125.77000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian	125.77 - 121.4	Spain	Cretochoragus pygmaeus (104052)
Bridgerian	50.5 - 46.2	USA (Wyoming)	Choragus fictilis (122092)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Eduardoxenus rasnitsyni (134456)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Ukraine	Eduardoxenus unicus (122997)
MP 30	27.3 - 23.04	Germany	Choragus tertiarius (123945)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	Choragus exsertus (174416) Choragus exsertus, Neoxenus globosus, Cyptoxenus buchelus, Cyptoxenus ovatus (122472)