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Cryptocephalinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1813Cryptocephalinae Gyllenhal
1995Cryptocephalinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 787
1996Cryptocephalinae Santiago-Blay et al. p. 415
2011Cryptocephalinae Bouchard et al. p. 532
2015Cryptocephalinae Nadein p. 130
2016Cryptocephalinae Webster
2018Cryptocephalinae Bezděk
2018Cryptocephalinae Haddad et al.
2022Cryptocephalinae 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
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyChrysomelidae()
subfamilyCryptocephalinaeGyllenhal 1813
subfamilyCryptocephalinaeGyllenhal 1813

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. Cryptocephalinae Gyllenhal 1813
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Tr. Clytrini Kirby 1837
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Subtr. Babiina Lacordaire 1848
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G. Saxinis Lacordaire 1848
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Saxinis regularis Scudder 1898
Subtr. Clytrina Kirby 1837
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G. Clytra Laicharting 1781
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Clythra carbonaria von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Clytra greithiana Heer 1847
Clytra pandorae Heer 1847
G. Labidostomis Dejean 1836
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Labidostomis pyrrha von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
G. Smaragdina Chevrolat 1837
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Smaragdina incerta Zhang 1989
G. †Clytrina Piton 1940
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Clytrina eocenica Piton 1940
Tr. Cryptocephalini Gyllenhal 1813
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Subtr. Cryptocephalina Gyllenhal 1813
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G. Cryptocephalus Geoffroy 1762
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Cryptocephalus groehni Bukejs and Chamorro 2015
Cryptocephalus kheelorum Chamorro and Bukejs 2015
Cryptocephalus miocenus Wickham 1913
Cryptocephalus pitoni Theobald 1937
Cryptocephalus relictus von Schlechtendal 1894
Cryptocephalus vetustus Scudder 1878
G. Diachus LeConte 1880
G. †Cryptocephalites Scudder 1895
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G. †Cryptocephalites Haupt 1956
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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 Selandian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 61.66000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24France (Auvergne) Clythrina eocenica, Cryptocephalus minusculus (113685)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Cryptocephalites punctatus (121046)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Cryptocephalus vetustus (121322)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Cryptocephalites auratus, Cryptocephalites rugifer, Cryptocephalites rugosus, Cryptocephalites elongatus (114060)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Cryptocephalus groehni (110735)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Cryptocephalini indet. (123762)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Cryptocephalus miocenus (113749)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Cryptocephalus pitoni (122407)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Switzerland Melolontha greithiana (122212)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cryptocephalus relictus (142554)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Labidostomis pyrrha (123945)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Smaragdina incerta (128551)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Cryptocephalinae indet. (122472) Cryptocephalus kheelorum (122473) Diachus sp. (159268)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany Clythra carbonaria (152936)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Clytra pandorae (113689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Saxinis regularis (152284)