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Platypodinae (ambrosia beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Platypodinae Shuckard
1914Tesserocerinae Strohmeyer
1981Platypodinae Crowson p. 698
1989Platypodidarum Kohring and Schlüter p. 48
1989Platypodidarum ferrarae Kohring and Schlüter p. 48 figs. 10-12
1994Platypodidae Bright and Poinar
1994Tesserocerinae Bright and Poinar p. 171
1995Platypodinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 788
2007Platypodinae Davis and Engel
2011Platypodinae Bouchard et al.
2015Tesserocerinae Legalov p. 1503
2015Platypodinae Peris and Solórzano Kraemer p. 529
2018Platypodinae Shin et al.
2019Platypodidae Legalov p. 56
2019Tesserocerinae Legalov p. 56
2021Platypodinae Solórzano-Kraemer and Cognato p. 660
2022Platypodinae 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
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyPlatypodinaeShuckard 1839
subfamilyPlatypodinaeShuckard 1839

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.

Subfm. Platypodinae Shuckard 1839 [ambrosia beetle]
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Tr. Diapodini Strohmeyer 1914
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Subtr. Diapodina Strohmeyer 1914
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G. Diapus Chapuis 1865
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Diapus ethiopicus Solórzano-Kraemer and Cognato 2021
Diapus resinae Solórzano-Kraemer and Cognato 2021
Tr. Mecopelmini Thompson 1992
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G. †Gongyloceria Legalov and Poinar 2022
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Gongyloceria dominicana Legalov and Poinar 2022
G. †Xyleborites Wickham 1913
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Xyleborites longipennis Wickham 1913
Tr. Platypodini Shuckard 1839
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G. Crossotarsus Chapuis 1865
G. Doliopygus Schedl 1939
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Doliopygus crinitus Chapuis 1865
Doliopygus tenuis Strohmayer 1912
G. Euplatypus Wood 1993
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Euplatypus solutus Schedl 1933
G. Platypus Herbst 1793
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Platypus cylindrus Fabricius 1792
Platypus maravignae Guérin-Méneville 1838
Tr. Tesserocerini Strohmeyer 1914
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G. Cenocephalus Chapuis 1865
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Cenocephalus aniskini Legalov 2019
Cenocephalus antillicus Bright and Poinar 1994
Cenocephalus antiquus Bright and Poinar 1994
Cenocephalus biconicus Bright and Poinar 1994
Cenocephalus exquisitus Bright and Poinar 1994
Cenocephalus hurdi Schedl 1962
Cenocephalus josephi Legalov and Pankowski 2023
Cenocephalus quadrilobus Schedl 1962
Cenocephalus quasiexquisitus Davis and Engel 2007
Cenocephalus rhinoceroide Schawaller 1981
Cenocephalus senectus Bright and Poinar 1994
Cenocephalus spinatus Bright and Poinar 1994
Cenocephalus tenuis Peris and Solórzano Kraemer 2015
G. Chaetastus Nunberg 1953
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Chaetastus samsockorum Legalov and Pankowski 2023
G. †Eoplatypus Cognato and Smith 2017
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Eoplatypus jordali Peris et al. 2017
G. Mitosoma Chapuis 1865
Subtr. Tesserocerina Strohmeyer 1914
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G. Tesserocerus Saunders 1836 [pin-hole borer beetle]
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Tesserocerus primus Bright and Poinar 1994
Tesserocerus simojovelensis Peris and Solórzano Kraemer 2015
Invalid names: Platypodidarum Kohring and Schlüter 1989 [nomen nudum], Platypodidarum ferrarae Kohring and Schlüter 1989 [nomen dubium], Tesserocerinae Strohmeyer 1914 [synonym]
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 Chadronian to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Cenocephalus aniskini (134456) Eoplatypus jordali (123928)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Xyleborites longipennis (113749)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ethiopia Cenocephalus josephi, Chaetastus samsockorum (232760) Diapus ethiopicus (232261)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Cenocephalus hurdi (140260) Cenocephalus quadrilobus (124470) Cenocephalus succinicaptus (124469 124623 151865)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Cenocephalus succinicaptus, Cenocephalus hurdi, Cenocephalus tenuis, Tesserocerus simojovelensis (21977)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Cenocephalus exquisitus, Cenocephalus spinatus, Cenocephalus rhinoceroide (124282) Cenocephalus quasiexquisitus (122473) Cenocephalus sp., Cenocephalus antillicus, Cenocephalus antiquus, Cenocephalus biconicus, Cenocephalus exquisitus, Cenocephalus senectus, Cenocephalus spinatus, Tesserocerus primus, Gongyloceria dominicana (122472) Mitosoma rhinoceroide (122474) Platypodinae indet., Cenocephalus quasiexquisitus, Cenocephalus exquisitus, Cenocephalus rhinoceroide (172980)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Diapus resinae (220273)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy Platypodidarum ferrarae (160007) Platypus maravignae (153942)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126United Kingdom Platypus cylindrus (168264 168269 168270 168272)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Platypus solutus, Crossotarsus tenuis, Crossotarsus crinitus (123991)