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Malachiinae
Taxonomy
Malachiusidae was named by Fleming (1821). It is extant. Its type is Malachius.
It was corrected as Malachidae by Wickham (1912); it was corrected as Malachiidae by Wickham (1914); it was reranked as the subfamily Malachiinae by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Gimmel et al. (2019), Tihelka et al. (2021) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Wickham (1912) and Wickham (1914); and to Melyridae by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Gimmel et al. (2019), Tihelka et al. (2021) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was corrected as Malachidae by Wickham (1912); it was corrected as Malachiidae by Wickham (1914); it was reranked as the subfamily Malachiinae by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Gimmel et al. (2019), Tihelka et al. (2021) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Wickham (1912) and Wickham (1914); and to Melyridae by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Gimmel et al. (2019), Tihelka et al. (2021) and Cai et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1912 | Malachidae Wickham |
| 1914 | Malachiidae Wickham p. 446 |
| 1981 | Malachiinae Crowson p. 697 |
| 1995 | Malachiinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2011 | Malachiinae Bouchard et al. p. 351 |
| 2019 | Malachiinae Gimmel et al. |
| 2021 | Malachiinae Tihelka et al. |
| 2022 | Malachiinae Cai et al. |
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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.
Subfm. Malachiinae Fleming 1821
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Tr. Colotini Abeille de Perrin 1890
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G. Colotes Erichson 1840
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†Colotes constantini Kirejtshuk and Nel 2008
†Colotes impexus Kirejtshuk and Nel 2008
†Colotes sambicus Kubisz 2001
Tr. Malachiini Fleming 1821
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G. †Burmalachius Tshernyshev and Legalov 2023
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†Burmalachius acroantennatus Tshernyshev and Legalov 2023
G. Collops Erichson 1840
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†Collops desuetus Wickham 1914
†Collops extrusus Wickham 1914
†Collops priscus Wickham 1914
G. Malachius Fabricius 1775
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Invalid names: Malachiina Fleming 1821 [empty]
Tr. †Palpattalini Tshernyshev 2020
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G. †Palpattalus Tshernyshev 2016
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†Palpattalus baltiensis Tshernyshev 2016
†Palpattalus eocenicus Tshernyshev 2016
Invalid names: Attalini Abeille de Perrin 1891 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 99.60000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Burmalachius acroantennatus (182624) | |
| Ypresian | France (Oise) | Colotes constantini, Colotes impexus (123850) | |
| Priabonian | Ukraine | Protocephaloncus perkovskyi (113621) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation | Palpattalus eocenicus, Premalachius obscurus (123419) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Attalus flexus (123960) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Colotes sambicus (110737) | |
| Priabonian | Germany | Palpattalus baltiensis (123769) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Palpattalus eocenicus, Palpattalus baltiensis, Palpattalusinus transitivus, Aliattalus intercalaris (134456) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Collops priscus, Collops desuetus, Collops extrusus (106384) Malachius pristinus (113749) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | France (Puy-de-Dome) | Troglops sp. (155204) |