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Sphaeroderus (small snail eating beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Sphaeroderus was named by Dejean (1831). It is extant.

It was assigned to Carabidae by Cong et al. (1996); and to Cychrini by Webster (2016).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Sphaeroderus Dejean
1996Sphaeroderus Cong et al. p. 219
2016Sphaeroderus Webster

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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
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyCarabinae
tribeCychriniPerty 1830
genusSphaeroderusDejean 1831

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. Sphaeroderus Dejean 1831 [small snail eating beetle]
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Sphaeroderus nitidicollis Guerin-Meneville 1829
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: Tarantian or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Sphaeroderus nitidicollis (137201)