Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

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.

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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]
show all | hide all
G. Brachypsectra Le Conte 1874
hide
†Brachypsectra moronei Branham 2006
G. †Cretopsectra Zhao et al. 2020
hide
†Cretopsectra pulchra Zhao et al. 2020
G. †Hongipsectra Tihelka et al. 2019
hide
†Hongipsectra electrella Tihelka et al. 2019
G. †Vetubrachypsectra Qu and Cai 2019
hide
†Vetubrachypsectra burmitica Qu and Cai 2019
†Vetubrachypsectra huchengi Li et al. 2022
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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Langhian or 99.60000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Vetubrachypsectra burmitica, Hongipsectra electrella, Cretopsectra pulchra, Vetubrachypsectra huchengi (161726)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Brachypsectridae indet. (110735 123773)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Brachypsectra moronei (124231) Brachypsectridae indet. (166828)