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Acanthosomatidae (shield bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae

Taxonomy
Acanthosomites was named by Signoret (1863). It is extant.

It was corrected as Acanthosomatidae by Fujiyama (1987), Wappler (2003), Szwedo (2018), Wu et al. (2018).

It was assigned to Heteroptera by Wappler (2003); and to Pentatomoidea by Fujiyama (1987), Szwedo (2018), Wu et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Acanthosomatidae Fujiyama
2003Acanthosomatidae Wappler
2018Acanthosomatidae Szwedo p. 113
2018Acanthosomatidae Wu 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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderPentatomomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyPentatomoideaLeach 1815
familyAcanthosomatidae()
familyAcanthosomatidae()

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. Acanthosomatidae Signoret 1863 [shield bug]
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Subfm. Acanthosomatinae Signoret 1863
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G. Acanthosoma Curtis 1824
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†Acanthosoma debile Förster 1891
†Acanthosoma livida Heer 1853
†Acanthosoma maculata Heer 1853
†Acanthosoma morloti Heer 1853
G. Elasmucha Stal 1864
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 MP 13 to the top of the Gelasian or 48.07000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Acanthosomatidae indet. (138912)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Acanthosoma debile (121474)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan Acanthosomatidae indet. (114003)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan Acanthosoma sp., Elasmuche sp. (153619)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Acanthosoma morloti, Acanthosoma livida (117246) Acanthosoma morloti, Acanthosoma maculata (122874)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246France Acanthosoma joursacensis (138766)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Elasmucha sp. (160109)