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Geonemini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Geonemidae was named by Gistel (1848). It is extant.

It was reranked as the tribe Geonemini by Bouchard et al. (2011), Legalov (2015) and Franz and Zhang (2017).

It was assigned to Entiminae by Bouchard et al. (2011), Legalov (2015) and Franz and Zhang (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Geonemini Bouchard et al.
2015Geonemini Legalov p. 1493
2017Geonemini Franz and Zhang p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyEntiminaeSchoenherr 1823
tribeGeonemini()
tribeGeonemini()

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. Geonemini Gistel 1848
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G. Epicaerus Schoenherr 1834
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Epicaerus dilapsus Scudder 1893
Epicaerus effossus Scudder 1876
Epicaerus eradicatus Scudder 1893
Epicaerus evigoratus Scudder 1893
Epicaerus exanimis Scudder 1876
Epicaerus excissus Scudder 1893
Epicaerus fodinarum Scudder 1893
Epicaerus saxatilis Scudder 1876
Epicaerus subterraneus Scudder 1893
Epicaerus terrosus Scudder 1878
G. †Eudomus Scudder 1893
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Eudomus pinguis Scudder 1893
Eudomus robustus Scudder 1893
G. †Evopes Scudder 1893
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Evopes occubatus Scudder 1893
Evopes veneratus Scudder 1893
G. Omileus Horn 1876
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Omileus evanidus Scudder 1893
G. Trigonoscuta Motschulsky 1853
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Trigonoscuta inventa Scudder 1893
G. Tropirhinus Schoenherr 1823
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Tropirhinus palpebratus Franz and Zhang 2017
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: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Langhian or 50.30000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Epicaerus effossus (121395) Epicaerus saxatilis, Epicaerus effossus, Epicaerus exanimis, Eudiagogus terrosus (121322) Epicaerus saxatilis, Epicaerus exanimis, Phyxelis dilapsus, Scythropus subterraneus, Sitona fodinarum (152136) Epicaerus saxatilis, Scythropus subterraneus (122092) Eudiagogus saxatilis, Eudiagogus exanimis, Eudiagogus effossus (121306) Sitona fodinarum (122090)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Epicaerus saxatilis, Epicaerus effossus, Epicaerus exanimis, Eudiagogus terrosus, Phyxelis excissus, Phyxelis evigoratus, Phyxelis eradicatus, Scythropus subterraneus (114681)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) Epicaerus effossus, Epicaerus exanimis, Phyxelis evigoratus, Phyxelis eradicatus, Scythropus subterraneus (152137) Epicaerus exanimis, Eudiagogus terrosus (152138)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Evopes veneratus (113749 124624) Trigonoscuta inventa, Evopes veneratus, Evopes occubatus, Omileus evanidus, Eudomus robustus, Eudomus pinguis (106384)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Evopes occubatus, Eudomus robustus, Eudomus pinguis (122093)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Tropirhinus palpebratus (122473)