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Dircaeini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Melandryidae

Taxonomy
Dircaeini was named by Mulsant (1856). It is extant.

It was assigned to Melandryinae by Alekseev (2014), Alekseev (2015) and Alekseev and Bukejs (2021).

Subtaxa
Abdera, Phloiotrya

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Dircaeini Mulsant
2014Dircaeini Alekseev p. 87
2015Dircaeini Alekseev p. 171
2021Dircaeini Alekseev and Bukejs p. 146

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyMelandryidae()
subfamilyMelandryinae
tribeDircaeiniMulsant 1856
tribeDircaeiniMulsant 1856

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. Dircaeini Mulsant 1856
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G. Abdera Stephens 1832
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Subg. Abdera (Abdera) Stephens 1832
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G. Phloiotrya Stephens 1832
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†Phloiotrya inmarinata Alekseev and Bukejs 2021
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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Abdera hoffeinsorum (124519)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Abdera hoffeinsorum, Abdera rikojotensis (123419)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany Abdera hoffeinsorum (123769)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Abdera hoffeinsorum (152022) Abdera hoffeinsorum, Abdera rikojotensis (192258) Abdera hoffeinsorum, Abdera rikojotensis, Phloiotrya inmarinata (152000)