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Colotes

Insecta - Coleoptera - Melyridae

Taxonomy
Colotes was named by Erichson (1840). It is extant. It is the type genus of Caulautaires.

It was assigned to Malachiinae by Kirejtshuk and Nel (2008); to Malachiini by Bouchard et al. (2011); to Colotina by Gimmel et al. (2019); and to Colotini by Tihelka et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Colotes Erichson
2008Colotes Kirejtshuk and Nel
2011Colotes Bouchard et al.
2019Colotes Gimmel et al.
2021Colotes Tihelka 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
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCleroidea
familyMelyridae()
subfamilyMalachiinae()
tribeColotini()
genusColotesErichson 1840

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. Colotes Erichson 1840
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Colotes constantini Kirejtshuk and Nel 2008
Colotes impexus Kirejtshuk and Nel 2008
Colotes sambicus Kubisz 2001
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: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) C. constantini, C. impexus (123850)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland C. sambicus (110737)