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Epiphanis

Description

Epiphanis is a genus of false click beetles in the family Eucnemidae. There are at least two described species in Epiphanis.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1162317https://www.gbif.org/species/1162317
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)206707https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=206707
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Eucnemidae : Epiphanis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-ColeopteridaKukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
orderColeopteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroideaLeach 1815
familyEucnemidaeEschscholtz 1829
subfamilyMelasinae
tribeEpiphaniniMuona 1993
genusEpiphanisEschscholtz 1829
Scientific NameEpiphanis Eschscholtz, 1829
Name Published InEschscholtz, Johann F. von. 1829. Eintheilung der Elateriden in Gattungen. Entomologisches Archiv 2: 31-35.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Epiphanisgenusbelongs to Elateridaestated with evidenceScudder, 1877
Epiphanisgenusbelongs to Epiphaninistated with evidenceWebster, 2016
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. H. Scudder. 1877. The First Discovered Traces of Fossil Insects in the American Tertiaries. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3:741-762
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphanis

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Epiphanis cornutus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Epiphanis deletus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
150.3 Ma
Eocene
50.3 Ma
Eocene
Epiphanis tristis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Ceratotaxia Sharp, 1908GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Eucnemidae : Ceratotaxia
Prosopotropis Abeille de Perrin, 1898GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Eucnemidae : Prosopotropis

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1829Epiphanis Eschscholtz
1877Epiphanis Scudder p. 759
1890Epiphanis Scudder p. 498
1900Epiphanis Scudder p. 95
2016Epiphanis Webster p. 448

References

Scudder S. H. The First Discovered Traces of Fossil Insects in the American Tertiaries, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3, 741-762
Scudder S. H. The Tertiary Insects of North America, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII, 1-734
Scudder S. H. Adephagous and clavicorn Coleoptera from the Tertiary deposits at Florissant, Colorado with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non-rhynchophorus Tertiary Coleoptera of North America, Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 40, 1-148
Webster R. P. (2016) Checklist of the Coleoptera of New Brunswick, Canada, ZooKeys 573, 387-512
CoL2006 - 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
Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - 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
SN2000 unverified/Stang, 2004-present - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
in Thon, Entom. Archiv, 2 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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