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Pterostichus (Lenapterus) vermiculosus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Lyperopherus vermiculosus was named by Ménétriés (1851). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pterostichus (Lyperopherus) vermiculosus by Hopkins et al. (1971); it was recombined as Pterostichus vermiculosus by Böcher (1995); it was recombined as Pterostichus (Lenapterus) vermiculosus by Bousquet (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. planicollis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Lyperopherus vermiculosus Ménétriés
1971Pterostichus (Lyperopherus) vermiculosus Hopkins et al. p. 223
1995Pterostichus vermiculosus Böcher p. 28 fig. 9a
2012Pterostichus (Lenapterus) vermiculosus 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
subgenusLenapterusBerlov 1996
speciesvermiculosus(Ménétriés 1851)

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 Chibanian or 7.24600 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Pterostichus vermiculosus (123352)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Pterostichus vermiculosus (160109 160147 160152 160153)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation Pterostichus vermiculosus (163099 163100)