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Molorchus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae

Taxonomy
Molorchus was named by Fabricius (1792). It is extant. It is the type genus of Molorchidae.

It was assigned to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1792); to Coleoptera by Latreille (1796); to Cerambicini by Latreille (1802); to Cerambycidae by Zang (1905); and to Molorchini by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Molorchus Fabricius p. 356
1796Molorchus Latreille p. 58
1802Molorchus Latreille p. 218
1905Molorchus Zang p. 233
2011Molorchus 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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyCerambycidae()
subfamilyCerambycinae()
tribeMolorchini()
genusMolorchus

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. Molorchus Fabricius 1792
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland M. sp. (109625)