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Eleodes (Cratidus) osculans

Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae

Taxonomy
Amphidora osculans was named by LeConte (1851). It is extant. It is the type species of Cratidus.

It was recombined as Eleodes osculans by Doyen and Miller (1980); it was recombined as Eleodes (Cratidus) osculans by Bousquet et al. (2018) and Bouchard et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Amphidora osculans LeConte
1908Eleodes behrii Grinnell p. 213 figs. Pl 15, figs 3,4
1908Eleodes intermedia Grinnell p. 215 figs. Pl 16, fig 29
1909Eleodes (Blapylis) behrii Blaisdell p. 506
1980Eleodes osculans Doyen and Miller p. 3
2018Eleodes (Cratidus) osculans Bousquet et al. p. 149
2021Eleodes (Cratidus) osculans Bouchard et al. p. 150

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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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyTenebrionidae()
subfamilyBlaptinae
tribeAmphidoriniLeConte 1862
genusEleodesEschscholtz 1829
subgenusCratidus(LeConte 1862)
speciesosculans(LeConte 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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Invalid names: Eleodes behrii Grinnell 1908 [synonym], Eleodes intermedia Grinnell 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available