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Macronychini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elmidae

Taxonomy
Macronychidae was named by Gistel (1848). It is extant. Its type is Macronychus.

It was reranked as the tribe Macronychini by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Kobayashi et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Elminae by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Kobayashi et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Macronychus (type genus), Zaitzevia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Macronychini Bouchard et al.
2021Macronychini Kobayashi et al.

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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
superfamilyDryopoidea
familyElmidaeCurtis 1830
subfamilyElminaeCurtis 1830
tribeMacronychini()
tribeMacronychini()

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. Macronychini Gistel 1848
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G. Macronychus Muller 1806
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G. Zaitzevia Champion 1923
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: Middle Pleistocene or 0.78100 to 0.12600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.126 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126United Kingdom Macronychus quadrituberculatus (168265 168266 168267 168269 168270 168271 168272)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Japan Zaitzevia sp. (165706)