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Polycestinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Polycestinae Lacordaire p. 61
1957Polycestinae Obenberger p. 312
2008Polycestinae Bellamy p. 131
2015Polycestinae Yu et al. p. 481
2022Polycestinae Cai et al.
2023Polycestinae Molino-Olmedo p. S263

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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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyPolycestinae
subfamilyPolycestinae

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.

Subfm. Polycestinae Lacordaire 1857
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Tr. Acmaeoderini Kerremans 1893
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Subtr. Acmaeoderina Kerremans 1893
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G. Acmaeodera Eschscholtz 1829
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Acmaeodera antholitha Heer 1862
Tr. Haplostethini Le Conte 1861
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G. Mastogenius Solier 1849
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Mastogenius primaevus Obenberger 1957
G. †Mongoligenula Yu et al. 2015
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Mongoligenula altilabdominis Yu et al. 2015
Mongoligenula gracilis Yu et al. 2015
Tr. Polyctesini Cobos 1955
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G. †Cretoctesis Molino-Olmedo 2023
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Cretoctesis conchimillanae Molino-Olmedo 2023
Tr. Ptosimini Kerremans 1902
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G. Ptosima Dejean 1833
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Ptosima abyssa Wickham 1912
Ptosima schaefferi Wickham 1912
Ptosima silvatica Wickham 1914
Diagnosis
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