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Bembidion (Metallina)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Bembidion (Metallina) was named by Motschulsky (1850). It is extant.

It was reranked as Metallina by Tamutis et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Bembidiini by Tamutis et al. (2011); and to Bembidion by Motschulsky (1850), Maddison (2012) and Bousquet (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Bembidion (Metallina) Motschulsky
2011Metallina Tamutis et al.
2012Bembidion (Metallina) Bousquet
2012Bembidion (Metallina) Maddison

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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()
subfamilyTrechinae()
—Trechitae
tribeBembidiiniStephens 1827
genusBembidion
subgenusMetallinaMotschulsky 1850

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.

Subg. Bembidion (Metallina) Motschulsky 1850
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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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Bembidion dyschirinum (160108 160109 160144 160146) Bembidion lampros (160153)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Bembidion lampros (168265 168267 168268 168269 168270 168272)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Bembidion lampros (163070)