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Adephaga
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| Rank | suborder (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Adephaga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1,316 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 585 (44%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. P. Clairville. 1806. Helvetische Entomologie oder Verzeichniss der schweizerischen Insekten nach einer neuen Methode geordnet, zweiter Theil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Carabiformia infraorder | listed (PBDB) | 32 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Amphizoidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Trout-stream Beetle | 0 Ma Extant | ||
| Carabidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Ground Beetle | 1,530 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 0 Ma Extant |
| Colymbotethidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Coptoclavidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 180 | 252 Ma Permian | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Dytiscidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Predaceous Diving Beetle | 356 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
| Gyrinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Whirligig Beetle | 70 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
| Haliplidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Crawling Water Beetle | 15 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Hygrobiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Noteridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Burrowing Water Beetle | 3 | 61.7 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| Rhysodidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Wrinkled Bark Beetle | 0 Ma Extant | ||
| Trachypachidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | False Ground Beetle | 112 | 254 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant |
| Pseudomorphinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Amarodes ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Amphoxyne ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Chimaerocoleus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Curculionites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Eodromeites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Leicarabus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Longurius ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Memptus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Oryctites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Protodytiscus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 252 Ma Permian | 252 Ma Permian | |
| Triadogyrus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1806 | Adephaga Clairville p. 2 |
| 1815 | Dytiscoidea Leach p. 84 |
| 1981 | Adephaga Crowson p. 694 |
| 1992 | Adephaga Carpenter |
| 1995 | Adephaga Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2002 | Tritarsusidae Hong p. 102 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2002 | Tritarsus Hong p. 104 |
| 2002 | Tritarsus latus Hong p. 105 figs. 2.6.1-10 |
| 2007 | Dytiscoidea Ghosh et al. p. 1336 |
| 2011 | Tritarsidae Bouchard et al. |
| 2011 | Adephaga Bouchard et al. p. 99 |
References
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!
