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Erotyloidea

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Erotyloidea was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cucujiformia by Cai et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Erotyloidea Latreille
2022Erotyloidea Cai 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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyErotyloidea
superfamilyErotyloidea

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.

Superfm. Erotyloidea Latreille 1802
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Fm. Boganiidae Sen Gupta and Crowson 1966
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Subfm. Boganiinae Sen Gupta and Crowson 1966
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G. †Cretoboganium Cai and Huang 2018
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†Cretoboganium gei Cai and Huang 2018
G. †Palaeoboganium Liu et al. 2017
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†Palaeoboganium jurassicum Liu et al. 2017
Invalid names: Paracucujinae Endrody-Younga and Crowson 1986 [empty]
Fm. Erotylidae Latreille 1802 [pleasing fungus beetle]
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Subfm. Cryptophilinae Casey 1900
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Tr. Cryptophilini Casey 1900
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G. Cryptophilus Reitter 1874
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†Cryptophilus britannicus Kirejtshuk and Kurochkin 2019
†Cryptophilus karinae Lyubarsky et al. 2024
Subfm. Erotylinae Latreille 1802
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Tr. Dacnini Gistel 1848
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G. Dacne Latreille 1796
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Subg. Dacne (Dacne) Latreille 1796
†Dacne brodzinskyi Skelley 1997
Invalid names: Engis Paykull 1800 [synonym]
Tr. Tritomini Curtis 1834
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G. Mycotretus Lacordaire 1842
G. Notaepytus Skelley 2009
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†Notaepytus quisqueya Keller and Skelley 2019
G. Triplax Herbst 1793
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†Triplax contienensis Alekseev 2014
†Triplax diluviana Wickham 1914
†Triplax materna Wickham 1912
†Triplax petrefacta Wickham 1916
†Triplax submersa Wickham 1912
G. Tritoma Fabricius 1775
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†Tritoma binotata Scudder 1878
Subfm. Languriinae Crotch 1873
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Tr. Thallisellini Sen Gupta 1968
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G. †Serramorphus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2017
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†Serramorphus rasnitsyni Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2017
G. †Thallisellites Kupryjanowicz et al. 2022
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†Thallisellites augustinusii Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2024
†Thallisellites olgae Kupryjanowicz et al. 2022
Invalid names: Setariolinae Crowson 1952 [empty], Toraminae Sen Gupta 1967 [empty]
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G. †Ceratonotha Lyubarsky et al. 2024
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†Ceratonotha danica Lyubarsky et al. 2024
†Ceratonotha mumia Alekseev and Bukejs 2017
G. Cycadophila Xu et al. 2015
Subfm. Xenoscelinae Ganglbauer 1899
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G. †Microzavaljus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2018
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†Microzavaljus saxonicum Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2018
G. †Turgaphilus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2025
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†Turgaphilus capitatus Ponomarenko 1990
G. †Warnis Lyubarsky et al. 2016
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†Warnis tvanksticus Lyubarsky et al. 2016
G. †Xenohimatium Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2012
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†Xenohimatium rovnense Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2012
G. †Xenophagus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2017
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†Xenophagus popovi Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2017
†Xenophagus simutniki Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2023
G. Zavaljus Reitter 1880
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†Zavaljus lyubarskyi Alekseev and Bukejs 2022
Invalid names: Dacninae Gistel 1856 [empty], Encaustinae Crotch 1876 [empty], Loberinae [empty], Megalodacninae Sen Gupta 1969 [empty]
G. †Isocryptophilus Li and Cai 2024
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†Isocryptophilus exilipunctus Li and Cai 2024
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Gelasian or 165.30000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Palaeoboganium jurassicum (183155)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Russian Federation (Chita) Cryptophagites capitatus (119499)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Cretoboganium gei, Isocryptophilus exilipunctus (161726)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Erotylidae indet. (31677)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Xizang) Erotylidae indet. (132621)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Mycotretus binotata (121322)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Xenohimatium rovnense, Xenophagus simutniki (113621) Zavaljus lyubarskyi (207959)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Pharaxonothinae indet., Warnis tvanksticus, Xenophagus popovi, Cycadophila mumia (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Triplax contienensis, Serramorphus rasnitsyni, Microzavaljus saxonicum (124273)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Telmatophilus britannicus (123959)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Ceratonotha danica (123762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Cycadophila mumia (152022) Thallisellites augustinusii, Cryptophilus karinae (234648)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Thallisellites olgae (44615)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Tritoma diluviana (106384) Tritoma petrefacta (113749) Tritoma submersa, Tritoma materna (106381)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Dacne brodzinskyi (122982 140830 140831) Dacne brodzinskyi, Notaepytus quisqueya (123857)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Erotylidae indet. (109196)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8France Engis chambonensis (113996)