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Ctenicerium

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy

Ctenicerium was named by Westwood (1854).

It was assigned to Buprestidae by Handlirsch (1906).

Species

C. blissus (syn. Buprestium dardanus, Elater morrisi), C. gigas, C. hylastes (syn. Elater oweni), C. stygnus, C. valgus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1854	Ctenicerium Westwood
1906	Ctenicerium Handlirsch p. 554

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
—	Coleopterida
order	Coleoptera
—	Mesocoleoptera
—	Metacoleoptera
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Elateriformia	Crowson 1960
superfamily	Buprestoidea
family	Buprestidae	()
genus	Ctenicerium

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. †Ctenicerium Westwood 1854

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†Ctenicerium blissus Westwood 1854

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Invalid names: Buprestium dardanus Westwood 1854 [synonym], Elater morrisi Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]

†Ctenicerium gigas Handlirsch 1906

†Ctenicerium hylastes Westwood 1854

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Invalid names: Elater oweni Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]

†Ctenicerium stygnus Westwood 1854

†Ctenicerium valgus Westwood 1854

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: Early/Lower Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian	145.0 - 140.2	United Kingdom (England)	C. blissus, C. hylastes, Buprestium dardanus, Buprestium valgus, Buprestium stygnus, Buprestium stygnus (105966)