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Hydraenidae (minute moss beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydraenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Hydraenidae Mulsant
1981Hydraenidae Crowson p. 694
1995Hydraenidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Hydraenidae Bouchard et al.
2017Hydraenidae Jäch and Yamamoto p. 29
2022Hydraenidae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyHydraenidaeMulsant 1844
familyHydraenidaeMulsant 1844

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.

Fm. Hydraenidae Mulsant 1844 [minute moss beetle]
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Subfm. Hydraeninae Mulsant 1844
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G. †Archaeodraena Jäch and Yamamoto 2017
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†Archaeodraena cretacea Jäch and Yamamoto 2017
G. †Davidraenites Kirejtshuk 2019
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†Davidraenites gratshevi Kirejtshuk 2019
†Davidraenites interruptus Kirejtshuk 2019
†Davidraenites spurcus Kirejtshuk 2019
G. †Eolimnebius Kirejtshuk 2019
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†Eolimnebius fossilis Kirejtshuk 2019
Tr. Hydraenini Mulsant 1844
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G. Hydraena Kugelann 1794
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Hydraena circulata Perkins 1980
†Hydraena reidiana Lesne 1920
Hydraena riparia Kugelann 1794
G. †Hydraenites Kirejtshuk 2019
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†Hydraenites gracilimmus Kirejtshuk 2019
Tr. Limnebiini [minute moss beetle]
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G. Limnebius Leach 1815
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Limnebius truncatellus Thunberg 1794
G. †Metacoxites Kirejtshuk 2019
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†Metacoxites ventritalis Kirejtshuk 2019
G. †Ochtebiites Ponomarenko 1977
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†Ochtebiites altus Ponomarenko 1977
†Ochtebiites incertus Ponomarenko 1977
†Ochtebiites manlaicus Ponomarenko 1980
†Ochtebiites minor Ponomarenko 1985
Subfm. Ochthebiinae Thomson 1859
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Tr. Ochthebiini Thomson 1859
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Subtr. Ochthebiina Thomson 1859
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G. Ochthebius Leach 1815
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Ochthebius bicolon Germar 1842
Ochthebius dilatatus Stephens 1829
Ochthebius discretus LeConte 1878
Ochthebius holmbergi Mannerheim 1853
Ochthebius minimus Fabricius 1792
†Ochthebius nitidulus Heer 1870
†Ochthebius plutonis von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
†Ochthebius rossi Kirejtshuk 2019
Invalid names: Prosthetopinae Perkins 1994 [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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 190.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 182.7 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Ochtebiites minor (125341)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Ochtebiites incertus (105426)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Russian Federation (Buryat) Ochtebiites altus (105017)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia Hydraenidae indet. (104748 121394)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia Ochtebiites manlaicus (151591)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Australia (Victoria) Hydraenidae indet. (77192)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Archaeodraena cretacea (184691)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Curculionites nitidulus (122011)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Hydraenidae indet., Davidraenites spurcus (127743) Hydraeninae indet., Hydraenites gracilimmus, Davidraenites gratshevi, Davidraenites interruptus, Eolimnebius fossilis (123959) Hydraeninae indet., Ochthebius rossi, Metacoxites ventritalis (123960)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Ochthebius plutonis (123945)
Calabrian - Ionian1.8 - 0.129United Kingdom (Durham) Hydraena reidiana (140489)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Hydraena sp. (168264) Hydraena sp., Limnebius sp. (168267) Hydraena sp., Limnebius sp., Ochthebius minimus (168270) Hydraena sp., Ochthebius minimus (168266 168268 168269 168271) Hydraena sp., Ochthebius minimus, Ochthebius bicolon (168265 168272)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Hydraena sp. (169390 169391 169393 169394 169396 169397 169400) Hydraena sp., Ochthebius bicolon (169389) Hydraena sp., Ochthebius minimus (169392 169395)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Hydraena riparia (164904 164921) Ochthebius dilatatus, Ochthebius minimus (164905) Ochthebius minimus (164920)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Hydraena sp., Hydraena circulata (169353)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) Ochthebius sp. (169406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Ochthebius dilatatus, Limnebius truncatellus (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Ochthebius discretus (169373 169375 169377) Ochthebius spp. (157092) Ochthebius spp., Ochthebius holmbergi (167662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Limnebiidae indet. (167673)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Hydraena sp. (137207) Limnebiidae indet. (137208)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Ochthebius sp. (137201) Ochthebius sp., Limnebiidae indet. (137205) Ochthebius sp., Limnebiidae indet., Hydraena sp. (137206)