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Anthophagus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3262410	https://www.gbif.org/species/3262410
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	139458	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=139458

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Staphylinidae : Anthophagus

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	Staphyliniformia	Lameere 1900
superfamily	Staphylinoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Staphylinidae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Omaliinae	MacLeay 1825
tribe	Anthophagini	Thomson 1859
genus	Anthophagus	Gravenhorst 1802

Scientific Name

Anthophagus Gravenhorst, 1802

Name Published In

Gravenhorst, Johann L. C. 1802. Coleoptera microptera brunsvicensia nec non exoticorum quotquot exstant in collectionibus entomologorum brunsvicensium in genera familias et species distribuit. Carolum Reichard, Brunsuigae.: i–lxvi; 1–206.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Anthophagus	genus	belongs to Coleoptera	stated with evidence	Gravenhorst, 1802
Anthophagus	genus	belongs to Anthophagini	stated with evidence	Herman, 2001

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. L. C. Gravenhorst. 1802. Coleoptera Microptera Brunsvicensia nec non Exoticorum Quotquot Exstant in Collectionibus Entomologorum Brunsvicensium in Genera Familias et Species Distribuit

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anthophagus advena species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus aeneicollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus alpestris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus alpinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus angusticollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus apenninus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus apfelbecki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus baikalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus bellicanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus bicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus bicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus caraboides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus durmitorensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus fallax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus fauveli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus forticornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus giebeli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Anthophagus hanfii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus hummleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus ilgazicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus melanocephalus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus muticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus nigrifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus noricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus omalinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus ovipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus praeustus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus rotundicollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus schatzmayri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus schneideri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus scutellaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus spectabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus sudeticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus torretassoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus transversus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus variegatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anthophagus vehemans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Phaganthus Mulsant & Rey, 1880	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Staphylinidae : *Phaganthus*
Plaganthus Tottenham, 1945	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Staphylinidae : *Plaganthus*
Dimorphoschelus Blackwelder, 1952	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Staphylinidae : *Dimorphoschelus*
Dimorphoschelus Koch, 1933	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Staphylinidae : *Dimorphoschelus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1802	Anthophagus Gravenhorst p. 120
2001	Anthophagus Herman p. 241
2011	Anthophagus Bouchard et al.

References

Gravenhorst J. L. C. , Coleoptera Microptera Brunsvicensia nec non Exoticorum Quotquot Exstant in Collectionibus Entomologorum Brunsvicensium in Genera Familias et Species Distribuit, 1-206

Herman L. H. (2001) Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera): 1758 to the end of the second millennium. I. Introduction, history, biographical sketches, and omaliine group, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265, 1-650

Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., et al (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, 1-972

Gustafsson, B. (Col.) (2004) Catalogus Coleopterorum Sueciae. Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Excelfil hämtad från http://www.nrm.se/en/catalogus.html.se. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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. 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: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family (nonmarine except where stated) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Coleopt. Micr. - 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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