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Dascillus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dascillidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1796Dascillus Latreille p. 43
1802Dascillus Latreille p. 97
1911Dascyllus Wickham p. 57
1989Dascillus Zhang p. 131
2013Dascillus Jin et al.

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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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyDascilloideaGue'rin-Me'neville 1843
familyDascillidaeGuerin-Meneville 1843
subfamilyDascillinaeGuerin-Meneville 1843
genusDascillus

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.

G. Dascillus Latreille 1796
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Dascillus cervinus Linnaeus 1758
Dascillus elongatus Zhang 1989
Dascillus flatus Zhang 1989
Dascillus latahensis Lewis 1973
Dascillus musculus Zhang et al. 1994
Dascillus relictus Zhang 1989
Dascyllus lithographicus Wickham 1911
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 Middle Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Dascyllus lithographicus (106382)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) D. musculus (138944) D. shandongianus (130412) D. shandongianus, D. elongatus (128550) D. shandongianus, D. relictus, D. elongatus, D. flatus (128551) D. sp., D. shandongianus, D. flatus (128552)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Washington) D. latahensis (97619)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) D. cervinus (169388 169389 169390 169391 169392 169393 169394 169395 169396)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom D. cervinus (168272)