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Thanerocleridae

Description

Thanerocleridae is a family of checkered beetles in the order Coleoptera, and formerly considered a subfamily of Cleridae, but was recently elevated to the rank of family.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4449498https://www.gbif.org/species/4449498
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)318732https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=318732
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Thanerocleridae
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
superfamilyCleroideaLatreille 1802
familyThanerocleridaeChapin 1924
Scientific NameThanerocleridae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Thanerocleridaefamilybelongs to Cleroideastated with evidenceBouchard et al., 2011
Thanerocleridaefamilysubjective synonym of Cleridaestated with evidenceGunter et al., 2013
Thanerocleridaefamilybelongs to Cleroideastated with evidenceRobertson et al., 2015
Thanerocleridaefamilysubjective synonym of Cleridaestated with evidenceKolibáč and Huang, 2016
Thanerocleridaefamilybelongs to Cleroideastated with evidenceYu and Kolibáč, 2017
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (43%)
First Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. Bouchard, Y. Bousquet, and A. E. Davies, M. A. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. F. Lawrence, C. H. C. Lyal, A. F. Newton, C. A. M. Reid, M. Schmitt, A. lipiski, A. B. T. Smith. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88:1-972
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanerocleridae

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Thaneroclerinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Zenodosinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Ababa
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Archaeozenodosus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cretozenodosus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Isoclerus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Neoclerus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Thaneroclerus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Zenodosus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1924Thanerocleridae Chapin
2011Thanerocleridae Bouchard et al.
2015Thanerocleridae Robertson et al. p. 769
2017Thanerocleridae Yu and Kolibá? p. 549
2019Thanerocleridae Gimmel et al.

References

Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., et al (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, 1-972
Robertson J. A., Ślipiński A., et al (2015) Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia), Systematic Entomology 40, 745-778
Yu Y. L., Kolibáč J. (2017) Taxonomic names, in The first record of Cretaceous thaneroclerids (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Burmese amber, Annales Zoologici 67, 549-554
Gimmel M. L., Bocakova M., et al (2019) Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia), Systematic Entomology 44, 527-558
Characteristic of order - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Slipinski, A.; Smith, A. (2011). Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. 88: 1-972. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Robertson, James A., Adam Slipinski, Matthew Moulton, Floyd W. Shockley, Adriano Giorgi, et al., 2015: Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Systematic Entomology, vol. 40, no. 4. 745-778. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Slipinski, S. A.; Leschen, R. A. B.; Lawrence, J. F. (2011). Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. in: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. 3148: 201-298. - 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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