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Brachypsectridae (Texas beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Brachypsectridae

Taxonomy
Brachypsectridae was named by LeConte and Horn (1883). It is extant.

It was assigned to Artematopoidea by Crowson (1981); and to Elateroidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Qu and Cai (2019) and Cai et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Brachypsectridae LeConte and Horn
1981Brachypsectridae Crowson p. 696
1995Brachypsectridae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2019Brachypsectridae Qu and Cai p. 3
2022Brachypsectridae 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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyBrachypsectridaeLeConte and Horn 1883
familyBrachypsectridaeLeConte and Horn 1883

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. Brachypsectridae LeConte and Horn 1883 [Texas beetle]
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G. Brachypsectra Le Conte 1874
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Brachypsectra moronei Branham 2006
G. †Cretopsectra Zhao et al. 2020
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Cretopsectra pulchra Zhao et al. 2020
G. †Hongipsectra Tihelka et al. 2019
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Hongipsectra electrella Tihelka et al. 2019
G. †Vetubrachypsectra Qu and Cai 2019
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Vetubrachypsectra burmitica Qu and Cai 2019
Vetubrachypsectra huchengi Li et al. 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available