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Opisthius

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Opisthius was named by Kirby (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Carabini by LeConte (1861); and to Opisthiini by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Opisthius Kirby p. 60
1861Opisthius LeConte p. 10
2011Opisthius 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
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyNebriinaeLaporte 1834
tribeOpisthiiniDupuis 1912
genusOpisthius

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. Opisthius Kirby 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available