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Phanaeus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Phanaeus was named by Macleay (1819). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scarabaeidae by Scudder (1890), Scudder (1900), Miller et al. (1981); to Scarabaeinae by Krell (2000); and to Phanaeini by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Phanaeus Macleay
1876Phanaeus antiquus Horn p. 245
1890Phanaeus Scudder p. 489
1890Phanaeus antiquus Scudder p. 489 figs. Pl 1 figs 12-14
1900Phanaeus Scudder p. 104
1900Phanaeus antiquus Scudder p. 104
1946Palaeocopris Pierce p. 130
1981Phanaeus Miller et al. p. 627
2000Phanaeus Krell p. 880
2011Phanaeus Bouchard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyScarabaeinae
tribePhanaeiniHope 1838
genusPhanaeusMacleay 1819

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.

G. Phanaeus Macleay 1819
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Phanaeus labreae Pierce 1946
Phanaeus violetae Zunino 2013
Invalid names: Palaeocopris Pierce 1946 [synonym], Phanaeus antiquus Horn 1876 [nomen dubium]
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.40000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Pennsylvania) P. antiquus (20479)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Paleocopris labreae (152006)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador P. violetae (178693)