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Colymbetinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Taxonomy
Colymbetinae was named by Erichson (1837). It is extant. Its type is Colymbetes.

It was assigned to Dytiscidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Nilsson (2001), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).

Subtaxa
Colymbetini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Colymbetinae Erichson
1995Colymbetinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2001Colymbetinae Nilsson p. 264
2011Colymbetinae Bouchard et al. p. 149
2022Colymbetinae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyDytiscidae()
subfamilyColymbetinaeErichson 1837
subfamilyColymbetinaeErichson 1837

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. Colymbetinae Erichson 1837
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Tr. Colymbetini Erichson 1837
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G. Colymbetes Clairville 1806
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†Colymbetes aemulus Heer 1862
Colymbetes fuscus Linnaeus 1758
†Colymbetes miocaenicus Říha 1974
Colymbetes paykulli Erichson 1837
Invalid names: Cymatopterus Dejean 1833 [synonym]
G. Rhantus Dejean 1833
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Rhantus exsoletus Forster 1771
†Rhantus praesuturellus Lomnicki 1894
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 Sarmatian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 12.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Colymbetes sp., Colymbetes miocaenicus (105571)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Colymbetes aemulus (117252)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Colymbetes sp. (160109)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation Colymbetes paykulli (163069)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan Rhantus sp. (160539)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Colymbetes sp. (168264 168268 168269 168270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Colymbetes sp. (137208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Colymbetes sp. (157092) Colymbetes sp., Rhantus sp. (167662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Colymbetes sp. (164913 164917 164920) Rhantus sp. (164905)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Rantus praesuturellus, Cymatopterus striatus, Cymatopterus dolabratus (153476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Rantus sp., Colymbetes paykulli, Rantus exsoletus, Colymbetes fuscus (163070)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Colymbetes sp. (137204)