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Scirtinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scirtidae

Taxonomy
Scirtinae was named by Fleming (1821). It is extant. Its type is Scirtes.

It was assigned to Scirtidae by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Scirtinae Fleming p. 50
1829Cyphoninae Stephens
1829Cyphonini Stephens
1839Helodinae Shuckard
1961Helodinae Yablokov-Khnzorian
1961Microcarini Yablokov-Khnzorian
1961Cyphoninae Yablokov-Khnzorian p. 110
1961Helodopsini Yablokov-Khnzorian p. 110
1961Cyphonini Yablokov-Khnzorian p. 113
2011Scirtinae Bouchard et al.
2022Scirtinae Cai 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
Scirtiformia
superfamilyScirtoidea
familyScirtidae()
subfamilyScirtinae
subfamilyScirtinae

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.

Subfm. Scirtinae Fleming 1821
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G. Contacyphon Des Gozis 1886
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Contacyphon groehni Klausnitzer 2004
Contacyphon herthae Klausnitzer 2004
Contacyphon hoffeinsorum Klausnitzer 2011
Contacyphon insularis Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 2019
Contacyphon involutus Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 2019
Contacyphon keilbachi Klausnitzer 2004
Contacyphon kozlovi Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 2019
Contacyphon wichardi Heuss 2008
Invalid names: Cyphon Paykull 1799 [replaced]
G. Elodes Latreille 1796
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Elodes beigeli Klausnitzer 2012
Elodes egregia Klausnitzer 1976
Elodes minax Klausnitzer 1976
Elodes modesta Klausnitzer 1976
Elodes mysticopalpalis Klausnitzer 2012
Elodes setosa Klausnitzer 1976
Elodes transversa Klausnitzer 1976
G. Microcara Thomson 1859
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Microcara dokhturovi Yablokov-Khnzorian 1960
Microcara kusnezovi Yablokov-Khnzorian 1960
Microcara znojkoi Yablokov-Khnzorian 1960
Microcara zubkovi Yablokov-Khnzorian 1960
G. Scirtes Illiger 1807
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Scirtes calcariferens Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 2019
Scirtes circumcisus Kirejtshuk and Nel 2013
Scirtes khnzoryani Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 2019
Scirtes metepisternalis Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 2019
Scirtes wightensis Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 2019
Invalid names: Eohelodites Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Scirtes orbiculatus Hong 2002 [nomen nudum]
G. †Varcalium Li et al. 2022
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Varcalium lawrencei Li et al. 2022
Invalid names: Cyphoninae Stephens 1829 [synonym], Cyphonini Stephens 1829 [invalid subgroup], Helodinae Shuckard 1839 [synonym], Helodopsini Yablokov-Khnzorian 1961 [invalid subgroup], Microcarini Yablokov-Khnzorian 1961 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available