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Acanthocnemus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Acanthocnemidae

Taxonomy
Acanthocnemus was named by Perris (1866). It is extant. It is the type genus of Acanthocnemidae.

It was assigned to Acanthocnemidae by Carpenter (1992) and Gimmel et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Acanthocnemus Perris p. 187
1992Acanthocnemus Carpenter
2019Acanthocnemus Gimmel 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
superfamilyCleroidea
familyAcanthocnemidaeCrowson 1952
genusAcanthocnemusPerris 1866

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. Acanthocnemus Perris 1866
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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