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Psiloptera

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Description

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

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	6006884	https://www.gbif.org/species/6006884
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	205290	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=205290

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Psiloptera

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Buprestidae : Psiloptera

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

doubtful

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	Dicercini
subtribe	Dicercina	Gistel 1848
genus	Psiloptera	Lioy 1864

Scientific Name

Psiloptera Lioy, 1864

Name Published In

Atti Ist. Veneto, (3) 9

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Psiloptera	genus	belongs to Buprestidae	stated with evidence	Piton, 1940
Psiloptera	genus	belongs to Buprestinae	stated with evidence	Weidlich, 1987
Psiloptera	genus	belongs to Psilopterini	stated with evidence	Hörnschemeyer and Wedmann, 1994

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (12%)

First Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. Piton. 1940. Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune)

Wikipedia

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Psiloptera (Damarsila) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	1	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Psiloptera acroptera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Psiloptera chrysochlora ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Psiloptera eximia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Psiloptera fasciata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Psiloptera granulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Psiloptera haupti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Psiloptera incerta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Psiloptera maculata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Psiloptera ornata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Psiloptera puncticollis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Psiloptera schulzi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Psiloptera signata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Psiloptera transversovittata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	17	48.6 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Psiloptera zeuneri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1833	Psiloptera Dejean
1940	Psiloptera Piton p. 182
1950	Eochalcophora Haupt p. 64
1950	Stizonotus Haupt p. 64
1950	Taenionotus Haupt p. 64
1956	Stizonotus Haupt p. 43
1987	Psiloptera Weidlich p. 34
1994	Psiloptera Hörnschemeyer and Wedmann p. 91

References

Piton L. (1940) , Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune), 1-303

Haupt H. (1950) Die Käfer (Coleoptera) aus der eozänen Braunkohle des Geiseltales, Geologica 6, 1-168

Haupt H. (1956) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der eozänen Arthopodenfauna des Geiseltales, Nova Acta Leopoldina 18 128, 1-89

Weidlich M. (1987) Systematik und Taxonomie der Buprestidae des mitteleozänen Geiseltales (Insecta, Coleoptera), Hallesches Jahrbuch für Geowissenschaften 12, 29-52

Hörnschemeyer T., Wedmann S. (1994) Fossile Prachtkäfer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae) aus dem Mitteleozän der Grube Messel bei Darmstadt, Teil 1, Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 170, 85-136

Atti Ist. Veneto, (3) 9 - 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

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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