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Caliroa
| Description | The genus Caliroa is a group of sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. The larvae are slimy in appearance, and are sometimes referred to as "slugs" (e.g., the "pear slug"), though they are not gastropods, but insects. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliroa, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Tenthredinidae : Caliroa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Caliroa A.Costa, 1859 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Imenotteri. Part 3a (Trivellarti sessiliventri) in Costa, O., Fauna del Regno Napoli, part 5 (Imenotteri), p. 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (25%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4:1-655 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliroa |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Caliroa algeriensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa amygdalina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa angustata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa annulipes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa blanki species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa cerasi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa cothurnata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa crypta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa cyanea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa distincta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa fasciata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa floridana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa hyalina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa lunata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa micrarche ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Caliroa mimus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Caliroa nyssae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa petiolata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa quercuscoccineae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa revelata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Caliroa tremulae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caliroa varipes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eriocampoides micrarche species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eriocampoides mimus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eriocampoides revelatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Eriocampoides Konow, 1890 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Tenthredinidae : Eriocampoides |
| Periclistoptera Ashmead, 1898 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Tenthredinidae : Periclistoptera |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1859 | Caliroa Costa p. 59 |
| 1890 | Eriocampoides Konow |
| 1916 | Eriocampoides Cockerell p. 104 |
| 1992 | Caliroa Carpenter |
References
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!
