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Nemognathini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Meloidae

Taxonomy
Nemognathini was named by Laporte (1840). It is extant. Its type is Nemognatha.

It was assigned to Nemognathinae by Pinto (2009), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Riccieri et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Nemognathini Laporte p. 280
2009Nemognathini Pinto
2011Nemognathini Bouchard et al.
2022Nemognathini Riccieri 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
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyMeloidaeGyllenhal 1810
subfamilyNemognathinae()
tribeNemognathini
tribeNemognathini

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. Nemognathini Laporte 1840
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G. Gnathium Kirby 1818
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†Gnathium aetatis Scudder 1900
Subtr. Nemognathina Laporte 1840
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G. Nemognatha Illiger 1807
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†Nemognatha exsecta Wickham 1912
Subtr. Zonitidina Mulsant 1857
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G. Zonitis Fabricius 1775
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†Zonites vetusta Heer 1864
†Zonitis magus von Heyden 1862
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: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Sarmatian or 37.20000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Gnathium aetatis (106384) Nemognatha exsecta (106381)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Onitis magus (123945)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Zonites vetusta (117252)