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Ampedus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Ampedus was named by Dejean (1833). It is extant. It is the type genus of Ampedidae.

It was assigned to Ampedini by Barsevskis (2005), Bouchard et al. (2011), Kundrata et al. (2020) and Kundrata et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Ampedus Dejean
2005Ampedus Barsevskis p. 16
2011Ampedus Bouchard et al. p. 317
2020Ampedus Kundrata et al. p. 7
2021Ampedus Kundrata et al. p. 28

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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
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
subfamilyElaterinae
tribeAmpedini()
genusAmpedusDejean 1833

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. Ampedus Dejean 1833
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Subg. Ampedus (Ampedus) Dejean 1833
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Subg. †Ampedus (Octamenogonoides) Yablokov-Khnzorian 1961
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Ampedus (Octamenogonoides) gebleri Yablokov-Khnzorian 1961
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 Priabonian to the top of the Sarmatian or 38.00000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Elater gebleri (113470)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) A. seyfriedii (113689)