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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), 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
—Life
—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
—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
†Rhantus villumi Prokin et al. 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Denmark Rhantus villumi (228242)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Colymbetes sp., Colymbetes miocaenicus (105571)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Colymbetes aemulus (117252)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Colymbetes sp. (160109)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Russian 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 (Washington) Colymbetes sp. (157092) Colymbetes sp., Rhantus sp. (167662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Rantus sp., Colymbetes paykulli, Rantus exsoletus, Colymbetes fuscus (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Colymbetes sp. (164913 164917 164920) Rhantus sp. (164905)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Colymbetes sp. (137208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Rantus praesuturellus, Cymatopterus striatus, Cymatopterus dolabratus (153476)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Colymbetes sp. (137204)