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Chalybion

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Description

Chalybion is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1347206	https://www.gbif.org/species/1347206
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	152455	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=152455

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Sphecidae : Chalybion

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
order	Hymenoptera	Linnaeus 1758
-	Unicalcarida	Schulmeister et al. 2002
suborder	Vespina
suborder	Apocrita	Gerstaecker 1867
-	Aculeata
superfamily	Apoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Sphecidae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Sceliphrinae
tribe	Sceliphrini	Ashmead 1899
genus	Chalybion	Dahlbom 1843

Scientific Name

Chalybion Dahlbom, 1843

Name Published In

Hymenopt. Europaea, 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Chalybion	genus	belongs to Sphecidae	stated without evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Chalybion	genus	belongs to Sceliphrini	stated with evidence	Pulawski, 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4:1-655

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Chalybion accline species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion ammophiloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion bengalense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion bocandei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion bonneti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion californicum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion clypeatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion dolichothorax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion fabricator species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion femoratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion flebile species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion frontale species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion fuscum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion gracile species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion gredleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion hainanense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion heinii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion incisum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion japonicum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion kenyae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion klapperichi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion laevigatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion lividum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion madecassum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion magnum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion malignum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion minos species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion mochii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion mortuum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Chalybion ohli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion omissum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion parvulum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion petroleum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion planatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion polyphemus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion ruficorne species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion schulthessirechbergi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion sommereni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion spinolae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion sulawesii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion sumatranum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion tibiale species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion tomentosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion triangulum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion turanicum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion vechti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion walteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion yangi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalybion zimmermanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Chalybium Agassiz, 1846	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Sphecidae : *Chalybium*
Hemichalybion Kohl, 1918	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Sphecidae : *Hemichalybion*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1844	Chalybion Dahlbom p. 21
1992	Chalybion Carpenter
2014	Chalybion Pulawski

References

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655

Pulawski W. J. (2014) Family group names and classification, Catalog of Sphecidae Sensu Lato (= Apoidea excluding Apidae)

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

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

Hymenopt. Europaea, 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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