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Chalcophora

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Chalcophora was named by Dejean (1833). It is extant.

It was assigned to Buprestidae by Theobald (1937) and Fernández de Villalta (1962); and to Chalcophorina by Bellamy (2008) and Bouchard et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Chalcophora Dejean
1937Chalcophora Theobald p. 296
1962Chalcophora Fernández de Villalta p. 107
2008Chalcophora Bellamy
2011Chalcophora Bouchard 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
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyChrysochroinaeLaporte 1835
tribeChrysochroiniLaporte 1835
subtribeChalcophorina
genusChalcophoraDejean 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. Chalcophora Dejean 1833
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Chalcophora espanoli Fernández de Villalta 1962
Chalcophora laevigata Heer 1862
Chalcophora oligocenica Theobald 1937
Chalcophora pulchella Heer 1862
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: base of the Chattian to the top of the Piacenzian or 28.10000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Capnodis spectabilis (113712)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. laevigata, C. pulchella (117252)
Vallesian - Turolian11.608 - 5.333Spain (Lleida) C. espanoli (140806)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) C. sp. (109196)