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Elaterophanes ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4719412https://www.gbif.org/species/4719412
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)196046https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=196046
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elateridae : Elaterophanes
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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroideaLeach 1815
familyElateridaeLeach 1815
subfamilyProtagrypninaeDolin 1973
tribeHypnomorphiniDolin 1975
genusElaterophanesHandlirsch 1906
Scientific NameElaterophanes Handlirsch, 1906
Name Published InFoss. Ins.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Elaterophanesgenusbelongs to Coleopterastated with evidenceHandlirsch, 1906
Elaterophanesgenusbelongs to Hypnomorphinistated with evidenceWhalley, 1985
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
Last Recorded Appearance197 - 190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Elaterophanes acutus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic		209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Elaterophanes regius ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1197 Ma
Early Jurassic		197 Ma
Early Jurassic
Elaterophanes vetustus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic		209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1906Elaterophanes Handlirsch p. 436
1985Elaterophanes Whalley

References

Handlirsch A. (1906) Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV, Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen, 1-640
Whalley P. E. S. (1985) The systematics and palaeogeography of the Lower Jurassic insects of Dorset, England, Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 39 3, 107-189
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
Foss. Ins. - 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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