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Antherophagus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae

Taxonomy
Antherophagus was named by Dejean (1821). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cryptophagidae by Scudder (1878), Scudder (1890) and Scudder (1900); and to Cryptophagini by Webster (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Antherophagus Dejean p. 45
1878Antherophagus Scudder p. 762
1890Antherophagus Scudder p. 501
1900Antherophagus Scudder p. 85
2016Antherophagus Webster p. 465

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCucujoidea
familyCryptophagidae
subfamilyCryptophaginae
tribeCryptophagini
genusAntherophagus

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. Antherophagus Dejean 1821
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†Antherophagus megalops Wickham 1913
Antherophagus pallens Linnaeus 1758
†Antherophagus priscus Scudder 1876
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available