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Ptosimini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Ptosimini was named by Kerremans (1902). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polycestinae by Obenberger (1957) and Bellamy (2008).

Subtaxa
Ptosima

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Ptosimini Kerremans
1957Ptosimini Obenberger p. 312
2008Ptosimini Bellamy p. 326

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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
tribePtosiminiKerremans 1902
tribePtosiminiKerremans 1902

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.

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
No diagnoses are available