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Opisthius richardsoni

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Opisthius richardsoni Kirby p. 61 figs. Pl 1, fig 9
1995Opisthius richardsoni Böcher p. 18
2014Opisthius richardsoni Ashworth and Nelson p. 246

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyNebriinaeLaporte 1834
tribeOpisthiiniDupuis 1912
genusOpisthius
speciesrichardsoni

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Opisthius richardsoni (160109)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Opisthius richardsoni (157092 167662)