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Colymbetes
Taxonomy
Colymbetes was named by Clairville (1806). It is extant. It is the type genus of Colymbetinae.
It was assigned to Hydrocanthares by Dejean (1821); to Dytiscidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Colymbetini by LeConte (1861), Nilsson (2001) and Bouchard et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Hydrocanthares by Dejean (1821); to Dytiscidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Colymbetini by LeConte (1861), Nilsson (2001) and Bouchard et al. (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1806 | Colymbetes Clairville p. 188 |
| 1821 | Colymbetes Dejean p. 19 |
| 1833 | Cymatopterus Dejean |
| 1861 | Colymbetes LeConte p. 41 |
| 1992 | Colymbetes Carpenter |
| 2001 | Colymbetes Nilsson p. 264 |
| 2011 | Colymbetes Bouchard et al. p. 150 |
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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. Colymbetes Clairville 1806
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†Colymbetes aemulus Heer 1862
Colymbetes fuscus Linnaeus 1758
†Colymbetes miocaenicus Říha 1974
Colymbetes paykulli Erichson 1837
Invalid names: Cymatopterus Dejean 1833 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Sarmatian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 12.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation | C. sp., C. miocaenicus (105571) | |
| Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | C. aemulus (117252) | |
| Gelasian | Greenland | C. sp. (160109) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Russian Federation | C. paykulli (163069) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | C. sp. (168264 168268 168269 168270) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Washington) | C. sp. (157092 167662) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | C. sp. (164913 164917 164920) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Worcestershire) | C. paykulli, C. fuscus (163070) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Pennsylvania) | C. sp. (137208) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ukraine | Cymatopterus striatus, Cymatopterus dolabratus (153476) | |
| Tarantian | USA (Pennsylvania) | C. sp. (137204) |