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Scirtidae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)346332https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=346332
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Scirtidae
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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyScirtoideaFleming 1821
familyScirtidaeFleming 1821
Common Namemarsh beetle
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Scirtidaefamilybelongs to Scirtoideastated without evidenceLawrence and Newton, 1995
Scirtidaefamilybelongs to Scirtoideastated with evidenceBouchard et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)33
Extant Size (PBDB)6 (18%)
First Recorded Appearance113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Fleming. 1821. Insecta. Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica 5:41-56

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Mesernobiinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scirtinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)3655.8 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Miocyphon
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
137.2 Ma
Eocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1839Elodiidae Shuckard
1981Helodidae Crowson p. 695
1995Scirtidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2002Sinodryopitidae Hong p. 107
2002Sinodryopites Hong p. 110
2002Sinodryopites ovalifemorales Hong p. 110 figs. Pl 9, fig 2; text-fig 2.6.24-30
2011Scirtidae Bouchard et al. p. 273

References

Fleming J. Insecta, Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica 5, 41-56
Crowson R. A. (1981) The Biology of the Coleoptera, Academic Press, New York
Lawrence J. F., Newton, Jr. A. F. (1995) Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera, Biology, Phylogeny and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A Crowson, 779-1006
Hong Y. C. (2002) , Amber Insects of China, 1-653
Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., et al (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, 1-972
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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