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Philanthaxia

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Description

Philanthaxia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4729037	https://www.gbif.org/species/4729037
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	312207	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=312207

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Buprestidae : Philanthaxia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Buprestidae : Philanthaxia

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	Elateriformia	Crowson 1960
superfamily	Buprestoidea	Leach 1815
family	Buprestidae
subfamily	Buprestinae	Leach 1815
tribe	Thomassetiini	Bellamy 1987
subtribe	Philanthaxiina	Holynski 1988
genus	Philanthaxia	Deyrolle 1864

Scientific Name

Philanthaxia Deyrolle, 1864

Name Published In

Deyrolle, Henri. 1864. Description des Buprestides de la Malaisie recueillis par M. Wallace. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 8: i–vii; 1–272; Pls. 1–4.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Philanthaxia	genus	belongs to Buprestinae	stated with evidence	Weidlich, 1987
Philanthaxia	genus	belongs to Philanthaxiina	stated with evidence	Bellamy, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. Bouchard, Y. Bousquet, and A. E. Davies, M. A. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. F. Lawrence, C. H. C. Lyal, A. F. Newton, C. A. M. Reid, M. Schmitt, A. lipiski, A. B. T. Smith. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88:1-972

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Philanthaxia acuminata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia acuticollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia aenea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia akiyamai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia andamana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia aureoviridis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia auricollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia azurea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia binhensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia cavifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia ceylonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia chalcogenoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia convexifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia cumingii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia cupricauda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia cupricollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia curta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia cyanescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia depressifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia dorsalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia frontalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia granum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia hanloni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia hirtifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia immaculata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Philanthaxia indica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia iriei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia iris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia jakli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia jendeki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia kinabaluana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia kubani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia kwai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia laosensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia lata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia lombokana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia lumawigi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia merocratoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia nelsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia nigra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia ohmomoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia ovata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia parafrontalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia planifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia pseudoaenea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia pseudocupricauda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia pseudofrontalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia purpureifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia purpuriceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia reticulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia robusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia rolciki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia romblonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia rufimarginata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia sadahiroi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia sarawakensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia sauteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia similis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia simonae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia splendida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia sumatrensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia takakuwai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia tassii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia thailandica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia tonkinea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia transwallacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia tricolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia vietnamica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia viridiaurea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Philanthaxia viridifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Engycera Saunders, 1866	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Buprestidae : *Engycera*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1864	Philanthaxia Deyrolle
1987	Philanthaxia Weidlich p. 44
2008	Philanthaxia Bellamy
2011	Philanthaxia Bouchard et al.

References

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

Weidlich M. (1987) Systematik und Taxonomie der Buprestidae des mitteleozänen Geiseltales (Insecta, Coleoptera), Hallesches Jahrbuch für Geowissenschaften 12, 29-52

Bellamy C. L. (2008) , A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Volume 3: Buprestinae: Pterobothrini through Agrilinae: Rhaeboscelina, 1260-1931

Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique, 8 - 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. 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 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bellamy, 2003 - 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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