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Chalcophora

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

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3260845	https://www.gbif.org/species/3260845
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	211325	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=211325

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Buprestidae : Chalcophora

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Buprestidae : Chalcophora

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	Chrysochroinae	Laporte 1835
tribe	Chrysochroini	Laporte 1835
subtribe	Chalcophorina	Lacordaire 1857
genus	Chalcophora	Dejean 1833

Scientific Name

Chalcophora Dejean, 1833

Name Published In

Dejean, P. F. M. A. 1833. Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils, Paris. Deuxième Edition: Livraison 1: 1-96.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Chalcophora	genus	belongs to Buprestidae	stated with evidence	Theobald, 1937
Chalcophora	genus	belongs to Chalcophorina	stated with evidence	Bellamy, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (20%)

First Recorded Appearance

28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473

Wikipedia

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Chalcophora alternans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora anachoreta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora angulicollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora brasiliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora detrita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora espanoli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Chalcophora fortis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora georgiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora hondurasica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora humboldti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora intermedia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora japonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora laevigata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	12.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Chalcophora liberta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora mariana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora massiliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora maura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora mexicana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora obscura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora oligocenica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Chalcophora pulchella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	12.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Chalcophora virginiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chalcophora yunnana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Anaglyptes Gistel, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Buprestidae : *Anaglyptes*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1833	Chalcophora Dejean
1937	Chalcophora Theobald p. 296
1962	Chalcophora Fernández de Villalta p. 107
2008	Chalcophora Bellamy
2011	Chalcophora Bouchard et al.

References

Theobald N. (1937) Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France, Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1, 1-473

Fernández de Villalta J. (1962) Dos coleópteros fósiles procedentes de la depresión de Cerdanya (Lérida), Estudios Geologicos 28, 105-109

Bellamy C. L. (2008) , A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea). Volume 1: Introduction; Fossil Taxa; Schizopodidae; Buprestidae: Julodinae - Chrysochroinae: Poecilonotini, 1-625

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

Bright DE (1987) The metallic wood-boring beetles of Canada and Alaska. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. Part 15. Agriculture Canada, Ottawa. 335 pp. - via Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition.

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

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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nelson, Gayle H., George C. Walters, Jr., R. Dennis Haines, and Charles L. Bellamy, 2008: A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico. The Coleopterists' Society, Special Publication, no. 4. iv + 274. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 2 (2) - 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

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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