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Sphenoptera (metallic wood-boring beetle)
Taxonomy
Sphenoptera was named by Dejean (1833). It is extant.
It was assigned to Buprestidae by Meunier (1921); and to Sphenopterini by Bellamy (2008) and Bouchard et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Buprestidae by Meunier (1921); and to Sphenopterini by Bellamy (2008) and Bouchard et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1833 | Sphenoptera Dejean |
| 1921 | Sphenoptera Meunier p. 9 |
| 2008 | Sphenoptera Bellamy |
| 2011 | Sphenoptera Bouchard et al. p. 283 |
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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.
G. Sphenoptera Dejean 1833 [metallic wood-boring beetle]
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†Sphenoptera bogatshevi Richter 1947
†Sphenoptera eocaenica Meunier 1921
†Sphenoptera gigantea Heer 1847
†Sphenoptera knopi von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Sphenoptera lapidaria Brullé 1832
†Sphenoptera martynovi Richter 1947
†Sphenoptera metallica Meunier 1921
†Sphenoptera minuta Meunier 1915
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 11 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 40.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 40.4 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| MP 11 | Germany (Hessen) | Sphenoptera eocaenica, Sphenoptera metallica (120036) | |
| MP 30 | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Sphenoptera minuta (138696) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany | Sphenoptera knopi (152936) | |
| Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Sphenoptera gigantea (115304) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Azerbaijan | Sphenoptera bogatshevi, Sphenoptera martynovi, Sphenoptera lapidaria (172753) |