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Atractocerus

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Description

Atractocerus is a genus of beetles in the family Lymexylidae. The most recent revision of the family treats several small or monotypic genera as synonyms of Atractocerus, though some authors continue to use the older generic names (e.g.).

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atractocerus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1034645	https://www.gbif.org/species/1034645
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	383545	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=383545

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Lymexylidae : Atractocerus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Lymexylidae : Atractocerus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Cucujiformia	Lameere 1938
superfamily	Lymexyloidea	Fleming 1821
family	Lymexylidae
subfamily	Atractocerinae	Laporte 1840
genus	Atractocerus	Palisot de Beauvois 1801

Scientific Name

Atractocerus Palisot de Beauvois, 1801

Name Published In

Mém. n. Gen. Ins.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Atractocerus	genus	belongs to Atractocerinae	stated with evidence	Yamamoto, 2019

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S. Yamamoto. 2019. Fossil evidence of elytra reduction in ship-timber beetles. Scientific Reports 9(4938):1-10

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atractocerus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Atractocerus ater species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus bicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus bifasciatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus brasiliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus brevicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus crassicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus gracilicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus kreuslerae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus monticola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus procerus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus reversus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus siebersi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus tasmaniensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus termiticola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus tonkineus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atractocerus victoriensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Atractoceras	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Lymexylidae : *Atractoceras*
Macrogaster Thunberg, 1805	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Lymexylidae : *Macrogaster*
Atractourus Palisot de Beauvais, 1802	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Lymexylidae : *Atractourus*
Attractocerus Gistl, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Lymexylidae : *Attractocerus*
Atroctocerus Laporte, 1836	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Lymexylidae : *Atroctocerus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1802	Atractocerus Palisot de Beauvois
2019	Atractocerus Yamamoto p. 5

References

Yamamoto S. (2019) Fossil evidence of elytra reduction in ship-timber beetles, Scientific Reports 9 4938, 1-10

Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/ . - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mém. n. Gen. Ins. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Lawrence, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wheeler, Quentin D., 1986: Revision of the genera of Lymexylidae (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 183, no. 2. 113-210. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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