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Derodontidae (tooth-necked fungus beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Derodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Derodontidae LeConte
1981Derodontidae Crowson p. 696
1995Derodontidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Derodontidae Bouchard et al.
2014Derodontidae Zahradník and Háva p. 307
2022Derodontidae 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
Clambiformia
superfamilyClamboidea
familyDerodontidaeLeConte 1861
familyDerodontidaeLeConte 1861

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. Derodontidae LeConte 1861 [tooth-necked fungus beetle]
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Subfm. Laricobiinae Mulsant and Rey 1863
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G. Laricobius Rosenhauer 1846
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G. †Mesocryptogastra Lin 1977
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Subfm. Peltasticinae LeConte 1861
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G. †Juropeltastica Cai et al. 2014
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Juropeltastica sinica Cai et al. 2014
Invalid names: Derodontinae LeConte 1861 [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 Callovian to the top of the Gelasian or 166.10000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Juropeltastica sinica (113371)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9China (Yunnan) Mesocryptogastra sinensis (165276)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Laricobius caucasicus (160109)