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Glaphyridae (bumble bee scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Glaphyridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Glaphyridae MacLeay
1981Glaphyridae Crowson p. 695
1995Glaphyridae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2000Glaphyridae Krell p. 876
2007Glaphyridae Nikolajev p. 48
2011Glaphyridae Bouchard et al. p. 238
2022Glaphyridae 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
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyGlaphyridaeMacLeay 1819
familyGlaphyridaeMacLeay 1819

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. Glaphyridae MacLeay 1819 [bumble bee scarab beetle]
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Subfm. Amphicominae Blanchard 1845
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G. Amphicoma Latreille 1807
Subfm. †Cretoglaphyrinae Nikolajev 2005
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G. †Cretoglaphyrus Nikolajev 2005
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Cretoglaphyrus calvescens Nikolajev 2005
Cretoglaphyrus leptopterus Nikolajev 2005
Cretoglaphyrus olenguicus Nikolajev 2005
Cretoglaphyrus rohdendorfi Nikolajev 2005
Cretoglaphyrus zherikhini Nikolajev 2005
G. †Cretohypna Yan et al. 2012
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Cretohypna cristata Yan et al. 2012
Cretohypna puncta Zhao et al. 2016
Cretohypna robusta Zhao et al. 2016
Cretohypna yixianensis Nikolajev and Ren 2015
Subfm. Glaphyrinae MacLeay 1819
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G. Glaphyrus Latreille 1802
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Glaphyrus ancestralis Nikolajev and Ren 2011
Glaphyrus antiquus Heer 1862
G. Lichnanthe Burmeister 1844
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Lichnanthe defuncta Wickham 1910
G. †Lithohypna Nikolajev et al. 2011
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Lithohypna chifengensis Nikolajev et al. 2011
Lithohypna laoningensis Nikolajev 2014
Lithohypna lepticephala Nikolajev and Ren 2012
Lithohypna longula Nikolajev and Ren 2012
Lithohypna tuberculata Nikolajev and Ren 2012
Lithohypna yuxiana Nikolajev and Ren 2012
G. †Mesohypna Nikolajev and Ren 2013
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Mesohypna lopatini Nikolajev and Ren 2013
Mesohypna probata Nikolajev 2014
G. †Paraglaphyrus Nikolajev 2015
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Paraglaphyrus ovalis Nikolajev 2015
Paraglaphyrus robustus Nikolajev 2015
Paraglaphyrus subtilis Nikolajev 2015
Paraglaphyrus yixianensis Nikolajev 2015
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 Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Sarmatian or 130.00000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Glaphyrus ancestralis, Mesohypna lopatini, Lithohypna laoningensis, Mesohypna probata, Lithohypna tuberculata, Lithohypna lepticephala, Lithohypna yuxiana, Lithohypna longula, Paraglaphyrus yixianensis, Paraglaphyrus robustus, Paraglaphyrus ovalis, Paraglaphyrus subtilis, Cretohypna yixianensis (111712)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Nei Mongol) Cretohypna cristata, Cretohypna puncta, Cretohypna robusta (125656) Lithohypna chifengensis (125655)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Cretoglaphyrus rohdendorfi (122549) Glaphyridae indet. (113350)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Russian Federation Cretoglaphyrus leptopterus, Cretoglaphyrus transbaikalicus, Cretoglaphyrus calvescens, Cretoglaphyrus zherikhini, Cretoglaphyrus olenguicus (123220)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Amphicoma defuncta (106381)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Glaphyrus antiquus (117252)