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Opisthiini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Opisthiini was named by Dupuis (1912). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nebriinae by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Opisthiini Dupuis
2011Opisthiini Bouchard 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
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyNebriinaeLaporte 1834
tribeOpisthiiniDupuis 1912
tribeOpisthiiniDupuis 1912

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.

Tr. Opisthiini Dupuis 1912
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G. Opisthius Kirby 1837
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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 Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Opisthius richardsoni (160109)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Opisthius richardsoni (157092 167662)