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Europs

Description

Europs is a genus of beetles in the family Monotomidae, containing the following species:


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4408100https://www.gbif.org/species/4408100
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)315956https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=315956
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Monotomidae : Europs
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Monotomidae : Europs
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
superfamilyCucujoideaLatreille 1802
familyMonotomidae
subfamilyMonotominaeLaporte 1840
tribeEuropiniSen Gupta 1988
genusEuropsWollaston 1854
Scientific NameEurops Wollaston, 1854
Name Published InIns. Maderensia
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Europsgenusbelongs to Europinistated with evidenceAlekseev, 2014
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)V. I. Alekseev. 2014. Europs insterburgensis sp. nov., a new root-eating beetle from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Monotomidae). Genus 25:415-420
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europs

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Europs brevis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Europs crassicornis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Europs duplicatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Europs fallax
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Europs fervidus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Europs flavidus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Europs foveicollis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Europs frugivorus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Europs impressicollis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Europs insterburgensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
138.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Europs pallipennis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Europs striatulus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Europs sulcicollis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Europs todo
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Europs zonata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Nomophloeus LeConte, 1878GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Monotomidae : Nomophloeus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1854Europs Wollaston
2014Europs Alekseev p. 416

References

Alekseev V. I. (2014) Europs insterburgensis sp. nov., a new root-eating beetle from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Monotomidae), Genus 25, 415-420
Bousquet, Yves, 2003: Review of the genus Europs Wollaston (Coleoptera: Monotomidae) of America, north of Mexico. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, vol. 79, no. 1. 11-22. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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
Ins. Maderensia - 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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