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Palorus

Description

Palorus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 4 described species in Palorus.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1045836https://www.gbif.org/species/1045836
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)261363https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=261363
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : Palorus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
superfamilyTenebrionoideaLatreille 1802
familyTenebrionidaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyTenebrioninaeLatreille 1802
tribePalorini
genusPalorusMulsant 1854
Scientific NamePalorus Mulsant, 1854
Name Published Inin Mulsant & Rey, Hist. Col. France, Latigèn.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Palorusgenusbelongs to Palorinaestated with evidenceMatthews, 2003
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. G. Kirejtshuk, O. Merkl, and F. Kernegger. 2008. A new species of the genus Pentaphyllus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Diaperinae) from the Baltic amber and checklist of the fossil Tenebrionidae. Zoosystematica Rossica 17:131-137
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palorus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Palorus austrinus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palorus cerylonoides
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palorus depressus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palorus euphorbiae
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palorus ficicola
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palorus foveicollis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palorus genalis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palorus laxipunctus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palorus mahenus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palorus platycotyloides
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
138.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Palorus ratzeburgi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palorus shoreae
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palorus sinuaticollis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Palorus subdepressus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Circomus Fauvel, 1904GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : Circomus
Platyotus Gerstaecker, 1871GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : Platyotus
Palorinus Blair, 1931GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : Palorinus
Caenocorse Thomson, 1859GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : Caenocorse
Eba Pascoe, 1863GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : Eba
Circomus Fleischer, 1900GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : Circomus
Stenopalorus Blair, 1930GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : Stenopalorus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1854Palorus Mulsant
2003Palorus Matthews p. 7
2008Palorus Kirejtshuk et al.
2017Palorus Alekseev and Nabozhenko p. 168
2019Palorus Nabozhenko p. 5

References

Kirejtshuk A. G., Merkl O., et al (2008) A new species of the genus Pentaphyllus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Diaperinae) from the Baltic amber and checklist of the fossil Tenebrionidae, Zoosystematica Rossica 17, 131-137
Alekseev V. I., Nabozhenko M. (2017) Palorus platycotyloides sp. n., the second fossil representative of the tribe Palorini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Baltic amber, Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 69, 167-170
Nabozhenko M. V. (2019) The fossil record of darkling beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Geosciences 9 514, 1-20
CoL2006 - 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 (authority adjusted) - 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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
in Mulsant & Rey, Hist. Col. France, Latigèn. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/Lawrence, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Halstead DGH (1967) A revision of the genus Palorus (sens. lat.) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 19: 59-148. - via Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition.
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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