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Anthocoridae (minute pirate bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Anthocoridae

Taxonomy
Anthocoridea was named by Fieber (1837). It is extant.

It was corrected as Anthocoridae by Statz and Wagner (1950), Popov et al. (2011) and Szwedo (2018).

It was assigned to Cimicomorpha by Popov et al. (2011); and to Cimicoidea by Statz and Wagner (1950) and Szwedo (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Anthocoridae Statz and Wagner p. 103
2011Anthocoridae Popov et al. p. 54
2018Anthocoridae Szwedo p. 112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderCimicomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyCimicoidea
familyAnthocoridae()
familyAnthocoridae()

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.

Fm. Anthocoridae Fieber 1837 [minute pirate bug]
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Subfm. Anthocorinae Fieber 1837
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Tr. Anthocorini Fieber 1837
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G. Temnostethus Fieber 1860
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†Temnostethus blandus Statz and Wagner 1950
Tr. Cardiastethini Carayon 1972
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G. †Brachypicritus Popov and Herczek 2011
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†Brachypicritus ribesi Popov and Herczek 2011
G. †Occidoscelis Ryzhkova 2020
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†Occidoscelis glaber Ryzhkova 2020
G. †Mesanthocoris Hong and Wang 1990
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†Mesanthocoris brunneus Hong and Wang 1990
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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 122.46000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Shandong) Mesanthocoris brunneus (154886)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Occidoscelis glaber (113350) Occidoscelis sp. (113349)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Australia (Victoria) Anthocoridae indet. (77192)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Brachypicritus ribesi (123862)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Anthocoridae indet. (120813)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Temnostethus blandus (122010)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Spain (Castellon) Anthocoridae indet. (140794)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Anthocoridae indet. (234540)