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Pterostichus (Melanius) corvinus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Feronia corvina was named by Dejean (1828). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pterostichus (Omaseus) corvinus by Hopkins et al. (1971); it was recombined as Pterostichus corvinus by Böcher (1995); it was recombined as Pterostichus (Melanius) corvinus by Bousquet (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Feronia corvina Dejean
1971Pterostichus (Omaseus) corvinus Hopkins et al. p. 223
1995Pterostichus corvinus Böcher p. 26
2012Pterostichus (Melanius) corvinus Bousquet

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyHarpalinae()
tribePterostichini()
subtribePterostichina
genusPterostichus
subgenusMelanius
speciescorvinus(Dejean 1828)

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.

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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Gelasian or 7.24600 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Pterostichus corvinus (123352)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Pterostichus corvinus (160109)