Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Proteinini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Proteinini was named by Erichson (1839). It is extant. Its type is Proteinus.

It was assigned to Proteininae by Herman (2001) and Jenkins Shaw et al. (2023).

Subtaxa
Megarthrus, Proteinus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Proteinini Erichson p. 641
2001Proteinini Herman p. 602
2023Proteinini Jenkins Shaw et al. p. 1143

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyProteininae
tribeProteinini
tribeProteinini

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. Proteinini Erichson 1839
show all | hide all
G. Megarthrus Curtis 1829
G. Proteinus Latreille 1796
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: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 38.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Proteinus sp. (123762)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Megarthrus sp. (169375 169377) Megarthrus sp., Proteinus sp. (169378)