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Veraphis

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Description

Veraphis is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4406054	https://www.gbif.org/species/4406054
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	215109	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=215109

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Staphylinidae : Veraphis

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	Scydmaeninae
-	Cephenniitae	Reitter 1882
tribe	Eutheiini	Casey 1897
genus	Veraphis	Casey 1897

Scientific Name

Veraphis Casey, 1897

Name Published In

Ann. N. York Acad., 9

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Veraphis	genus	belongs to Eutheiini	stated with evidence	Casey, 1897
Veraphis	genus	belongs to Scydmaenidae	stated without evidence	Hopkins et al., 1971
Veraphis	genus	belongs to Eutheiini	stated with evidence	Newton and Franz, 1998

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

7.25 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. L. Casey. 1897. Coleopterological notices, VII. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 9:285-684

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Veraphis assingi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis calcarifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis capitata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis cavicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis colon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis cristata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis engelmarki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis gansuanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis hisamatsui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis horianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis impressa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis irkutensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis ishikawai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis japonicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis kurbatovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis lacuna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis longula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis mirabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis modestus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis odaigaharensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis qinghaiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis sawadai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis spinosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis striga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis tottoriensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veraphis yoshitomii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1897	Veraphis Casey p. 507
1971	Veraphis Hopkins et al.
1998	Veraphis Newton and Franz p. 142

References

Casey T. L. Coleopterological notices, VII, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 9, 285-684

Hopkins D. M., Matthews J. V., et al (1971) A Pliocene flora and insect fauna from the Bering Strait region, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 9, 211-231

Newton A. F., Franz H. (1998) World catalog of the genera of Scydmaenidae (Coleoptera), Koleopterologische Rundschau 68, 137-165

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

Hallan, 2000- (as Scydmaenidae) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Ann. N. York Acad., 9 - 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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