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Pterostichus (Lenapterus)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Pterostichus (Lenapterus) was named by Berlov (1996). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pterostichus by Berlov (1996), Bousquet (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Pterostichus (Lenapterus) Berlov
2012Pterostichus (Lenapterus) Bousquet

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyHarpalinae()
tribePterostichini()
subtribePterostichina
genusPterostichus
subgenusLenapterusBerlov 1996

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.

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 Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Pterostichus vermiculosus (123352)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Pterostichus agonus (160144) Pterostichus vermiculosus (160147 160152 160153) Pterostichus vermiculosus, Pterostichus agonus (160109)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation Pterostichus vermiculosus (163099 163100)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Pterostichus agonus (173205 173206 173207)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Pterostichus punctatissimus (137207)