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Tritoma

Description

Tritoma is a genus of beetles in the family Erotylidae, the pleasing fungus beetles. It is distributed worldwide, mainly in the Old World. There are over 100 species.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8381400https://www.gbif.org/species/8381400
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)226450https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=226450
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Erotylidae : Tritoma
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCucujoideaLatreille 1802
familyErotylidaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyErotylinaeLatreille 1802
tribeTritomini
genusTritomaMüller 1764
Scientific NameTritoma Müller, 1764
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tritomagenusbelongs to Eleuteratastated with evidenceFabricius, 1775
Tritomagenusbelongs to Coleopterastated with evidenceLatreille, 1796
Tritomagenusbelongs to Eleuteratastated with evidenceFabricius, 1798
Tritomagenusbelongs to Erotilenaestated with evidenceLatreille, 1802
Tritomagenusbelongs to Erotylidaestated with evidenceWickham, 1912
Tritomagenusbelongs to Tritoministated with evidenceBouchard et al., 2011
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)J. C. Fabricius. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, Sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritoma

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Tritoma binotata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
150.3 Ma
Eocene
50.3 Ma
Eocene
Tritoma subbasalis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1775Tritoma Fabricius p. 68
1796Tritoma Latreille p. 70
1798Tritoma Fabricius p. 177
1802Tritoma Latreille p. 234
1912Tritoma Wickham p. 12
2011Tritoma Bouchard et al.

References

Fabricius J. C. , Systema Entomologiae, Sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus, 1-832
Latreille P. A. , Précis des Caractères Génériques des Insectes Disposés dans un Ordre Naturel, 1-201
Fabricius J. C. , Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae, 1-572
Latreille P. A. , Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième, 1-467
Wickham H. F. (1912) A report on some recent collections of fossil Coleoptera from the Miocene shales of Florissant, Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 6 3, 3-38
Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., et al (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, 1-972
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
as per synonymized taxon - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Fauna Ins. Fridrichsdalina, xiv. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus (supplementary record created) - 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
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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