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Plastocerini (disused)
Taxonomy
Plastoceridae was named by Crownson (1972). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Plastocerinae by Kusy et al. (2018); it was reranked as the tribe Plastocerini by Douglas et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Cantharoidea by Crowson (1981); to Elateroidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995); to Elateridae by Kusy et al. (2018); and to Dendrometrinae by Douglas et al. (2021).
It was reranked as the subfamily Plastocerinae by Kusy et al. (2018); it was reranked as the tribe Plastocerini by Douglas et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Cantharoidea by Crowson (1981); to Elateroidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995); to Elateridae by Kusy et al. (2018); and to Dendrometrinae by Douglas et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1972 | Plastoceridae Crownson |
| 1981 | Plastoceridae Crowson p. 696 |
| 1995 | Plastoceridae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2018 | Plastocerinae Kusy et al. |
| 2021 | Plastocerini Douglas et al. |
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Tr. Plastocerini Crownson 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available