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Lycinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lycidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Lycinae Laporte
1995Lycinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Lycinae Bouchard et al.
2019Lycinae Kazantsev p. 329
2020Lycinae Kazantsev p. 378
2022Lycinae Cai et al.
2022Lycinae Ferreira p. 290
2022Lycinae Ferreira and Ivie p. 2

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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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyLycidae()
subfamilyLycinae
subfamilyLycinae

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. Lycinae Laporte 1836
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Tr. Calopterini Green 1949
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G. Falsoceratoprion Ferreira 2022
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Tr. Leptolycini Leng and Mutchler 1922
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G. Cessator Kazantsev 2009
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Cessator anachronicus Ferreira and Ivie 2022
Cessator brodzinskyi Ferreira and Ivie 2017
G. †Electropteron Kazantsev 2020
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Electropteron avus Kazantsev 2020
Invalid names: Electropterini Kazantsev 2013 [synonym]
Tr. Lycini Laporte 1836
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G. †Protolycus Kazantsev 2019
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Protolycus gedaniensis Kazantsev 2019
Tr. Platerotini Kleine 1929
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G. Plateros Bourgeois 1879
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Plateros jardinesi Kazantsev 2020
Invalid names: Metriorrhynchini Kleine 1926 [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 Priabonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 38.00000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Protolycus gedaniensis (110737)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Plateros jardinesi (216812)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Cessator brodzinskyi (122473) Cessator sp., Cessator anachronicus (122982) Electropteron avus (123344) Falsoceratoprion fumagalliae (228916)