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Abdera

Insecta - Coleoptera - Melandryidae

Taxonomy
Abdera was named by Stephens (1832). It is extant.

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

Species
A. (Abdera)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Abdera Stephens
2014Abdera Alekseev p. 87
2021Abdera Alekseev and Bukejs p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyMelandryidae()
subfamilyMelandryinae
tribeDircaeiniMulsant 1856
genusAbderaStephens 1832

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.

G. Abdera Stephens 1832
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Subg. Abdera (Abdera) Stephens 1832
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Priabonian or 37.71000 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
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany A. hoffeinsorum (123769)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation A. hoffeinsorum, A. rikojotensis (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) A. hoffeinsorum (152022) A. hoffeinsorum, A. rikojotensis (152000 192258)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland A. hoffeinsorum (124519)