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Orchesiini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Melandryidae

Taxonomy
Orchesiini was named by Mulsant (1856). It is extant. Its type is Orchesia.

It was assigned to Melandryinae by Bouchard et al. (2011), Bukejs and Alekseev (2015), Alekseev and Bukejs (2015), Alekseev and Bukejs (2021).

Subtaxa
Microscapha, Orchesia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Orchesiini Mulsant
2011Orchesiini Bouchard et al. p. 388
2015Orchesiini Alekseev and Bukejs p. 591
2015Orchesiini Bukejs and Alekseev p. 352
2021Orchesiini Alekseev and Bukejs p. 149

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyMelandryidae()
subfamilyMelandryinae
tribeOrchesiiniMulsant 1856
tribeOrchesiiniMulsant 1856

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.

Tr. Orchesiini Mulsant 1856
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G. Microscapha Leconte 1866
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†Microscapha andrzeji Bukejs and Alekseev 2015
†Microscapha kugelanni Alekseev and Bukejs 2021
G. Orchesia Latreille 1807
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Subg. Orchesia (Orchestera) Guillebeau 1887
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†Orchesia (Orchestera) canaliculata Alekseev and Bukejs 2015
†Orchesia (Orchestera) turkini Alekseev and Bukejs 2012
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Orchesia rasnitzyni, Orchesia turkini (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Microscapha andrzeji, Orchesia rasnitzyni, Orchesia turkini (152000) Orchesia rasnitzyni (152022) Orchesia turkini, Orchesia canaliculata, Microscapha kugelanni (139928)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Orchesia rasnitzyni (122997)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Orchesia rasnitzyni, Microscapha andrzeji, Orchesia turkini (124519)