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Agrypninae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy

Agrypnides was named by Candèze (1857). It is extant. Its type is Agrypnus.

It was corrected as Agrypninae by Yablokov-Khnzorian (1961), Dolin (1973), Dolin (1980), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Barsevskis (2005), Bouchard et al. (2011), Kusy et al. (2018), Kundrata et al. (2020), Kundrata et al. (2021) and Cai et al. (2022).

It was assigned to Elateridae by Yablokov-Khnzorian (1961), Dolin (1973), Dolin (1980), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Barsevskis (2005), Bouchard et al. (2011), Kusy et al. (2018), Kundrata et al. (2020), Kundrata et al. (2021) and Cai et al. (2022).

Subtaxa

Agrypnini (syn. Adelocerini), Cretopachyderes, Cryptocardiini, Drilini, Hemirhipini, Oophorini, Pseudomelanactini, Pyrophorini

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1961	Agrypninae Yablokov-Khnzorian p. 84
1973	Agrypninae Dolin p. 74
1980	Agrypninae Dolin p. 65
1995	Agrypninae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2005	Agrypninae Barsevskis p. 8
2011	Agrypninae Bouchard et al. p. 307
2018	Agrypninae Kusy et al.
2020	Agrypninae Kundrata et al. p. 5
2021	Agrypninae Kundrata et al. p. 5
2022	Agrypninae Cai et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923

Rank	Name	Author
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
—	Coleopterida
order	Coleoptera
—	Mesocoleoptera
—	Metacoleoptera
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Elateriformia	Crowson 1960
superfamily	Elateroidea
family	Elateridae
subfamily	Agrypninae	()
subfamily	Agrypninae	()

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. Agrypninae Candèze 1857

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Tr. Agrypnini Candèze 1857

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G. Adelocera Latreille 1829

Adelocera murina Linnaeus 1758

†Adelocera perantiqua Cockerell and Le Veque 1931

G. †Ageratus Dolin 1980

†Ageratus delicatus Dolin 1980

†Ageratus ponomarenkoi Dolin 1980

G. Agrypnus Eschscholtz 1829

†Agrypnus exhumatus Wickham 1916

†Agrypnus unicolor Hope 1837

Invalid names: Mecynocanthus Hope 1837 [synonym]

G. †Compsoderus Dolin 1980

†Compsoderus priscus Dolin 1980

G. Lacon Laporte 1838

Lacon fasciatus Linnaeus 1758

†Lacon granulatus Heer 1847

†Lacon jungi Piton 1940

†Lacon primordialis Heer 1847

G. †Litholacon Dolin 1980

†Litholacon conicicollis Dolin 1980

†Litholacon derumpens Dolin 1980

†Litholacon exilis Dolin 1980

†Litholacon major Dolin 1980

†Litholacon ohiri Dolin 1980

†Litholacon panphilovi Dolin 1980

†Litholacon petrorsus Dolin 1980

G. †Macropunctum Tröster 1991

†Macropunctum angulosum Tröster 1999

†Macropunctum angustiscutellum Tröster 1994

†Macropunctum densipunctum Wappler 2003

†Macropunctum eckfeldi Tröster 1992

†Macropunctum eocaenicum Meunier 1921

†Macropunctum latiscutellum Tröster 1994

†Macropunctum messelense Tröster 1991

†Macropunctum meunieri Tröster 1991

†Macropunctum minutum Meunier 1921

†Macropunctum promptum Meunier 1921

†Macropunctum rebugense Tröster 1994

†Macropunctum rossi Alexeev 2019

†Macropunctum senckenbergi Tröster 1994

G. †Plagioraphes Yablokov-Khnzorian 1961

†Plagioraphes fasciatus Yablokov-Khnzorian 1961

Invalid names: Adelocerini Gistel 1848 [replaced]

G. †Cretopachyderes Kundrata et al. 2021

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†Cretopachyderes burmitinus Kundrata et al. 2021

Tr. †Cryptocardiini Dolin 1980

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G. †Cryptocardius Dolin 1980

†Cryptocardius mirabilis Dolin 1980

Tr. Hemirhipini Candèze 1857

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G. Alaus Eschscholtz 1829

†Alaus spectabilis Heer 1864

Tr. Oophorini Gistel 1848

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G. Conoderus Eschscholtz 1829

G. Monocrepidius Eschscholtz 1829

†Monocrepidius dubiosus Wickham 1916

Tr. Pseudomelanactini Arnett 1967

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G. Lanelater Arnett 1952

†Lanelater nicoleae Wappler 2003

†Lanelater verae Tröster 1993

Tr. Pyrophorini Candèze 1863

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G. †Eopyrophorus Haupt 1950

†Eopyrophorus mixtus Haupt 1950

Invalid names: Drilini Blanchard 1845 [empty]

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 Callovian to the top of the Holocene or 166.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma

Collections (63 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian	166.1 - 157.3	Kazakhstan (Chimkent)	Ageratus delicatus (115717) Ageratus ponomarenkoi (31311) Litholacon conicicollis (113439) Litholacon derumpens, Cryptocardius mirabilis (105970) Litholacon ohiri, Litholacon exilis (105426) Litholacon panphilovi, Litholacon major (106101) Litholacon panphilovi, Litholacon petrorsus, Compsoderus priscus (105971)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Myanmar	Cretopachyderes burmitinus (223091)
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	France (Auvergne)	Adelocera jungi (113685)
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Colorado)	Adelocera perantiqua (151576)
MP 11	48.6 - 40.4	Germany (Hessen)	Ancylochira prompta, Ancylochira minuta (120036) Lanelater sp. 1 (163218) Lanelater sp. 2, Macropunctum eocaenicum, Lanelater verae (162175) Lanelater sp. 3 (163219) Lanelater verae (163214 163215 163216 163217) Macropunctum angulosum (154574) Macropunctum angustiscutellum (139218) Macropunctum eocaenicum (162172 162174 162176) Macropunctum messelensis (162178 162179 162180 162181 162182 163336) Macropunctum messelensis, Macropunctum eocaenicum, Macropunctum rebugense (139219) Macropunctum messelensis, Macropunctum meunieri, Macropunctum senckenbergi, Macropunctum latiscutellum, Elateridae indet. (139217) Macropunctum meunieri (162183 162184)
MP 13	48.6 - 40.4	Germany (Eifel)	Agrypnus sp., Agrypnus sp 1, Agrypnus sp 2, Agrypnus sp 3, Agrypnus sp 4, Agrypnus sp 5, Agrypnus sp 6, Macropunctum meunieri, Macropunctum eocaenicum, Macropunctum rebugense, Macropunctum senckenbergi, Macropunctum angustiscutellum, Macropunctum angulosum, Macropunctum messelense (24201) Lacon sp., Macropunctum densipunctum, Lanelater nicoleae (138912) Lanelater nicoleae (135642) Macropunctum eckfeldi (135645) Macropunctum eckfeldi, Lanelater nicoleae (135643 135644) Macropunctum spp., Macropunctum eckfeldi (135641)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt)	Eopyrophorus mixtus (114060 155693)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	United Kingdom (England)	Macropunctum rossi (123959)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Lithuania	Plagioraphes fasciatus (113470)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	Lacon exhumatus (106384) Monocrepidius dubiosus (113749)
Sarmatian	12.7 - 11.608	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Adelocera granulata (122210) Elater spectabilis (117252) Lacon primordialis (115304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Russian Federation	Lacon fasciatus (163069)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	United Kingdom (Warwickshire)	Adelocera murina (169388 169389 169390 169391 169392 169394 169395 169396 169401)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	United Kingdom	Adelocera murina (168264 168265 168269)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Tanzania	Mecynocanthus unicolor (165051)