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Scirtes
Description | Scirtes is a genus of marsh beetles in the family Scirtidae. There are more than 80 described species in Scirtes. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scirtes, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Scirtidae : Scirtes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Scirtidae : Scirtes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Scirtes Illiger, 1807 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Illiger, Johann K. W. 1807. Vorschlag zur Aufnahme im Fabricischen Systeme fehlender Käfergattungen. Magazin für Insektenkunde 6: 318-350. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (50%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | chitin (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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scirtes |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Scirtes adustus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes affinis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes albamaculatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes albotaeniatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes amoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes auratus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes babeldaobensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes bimaculaticeps species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes bleuei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes brisbanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes caledonicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes californicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes cayennensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes chagrinensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes championi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes circumcisus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
Scirtes confinis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes diversenotatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes dufaui species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes ebenus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes elegans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes exoletus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes flavohumeralis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes gelimensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes goliai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes grandis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes gressitti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes haemisphaericus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes helmsi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes hemisphaericus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes humeralis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes insularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes japonicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes kanak species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes lemoulti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes lynnae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes mahensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes micronesianus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes monteithi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes nehouensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes oblongus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes orbicularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes orbiculatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes ovalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes palauensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes piceolus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes pinjarraensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes plagiatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes quadrifossulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes raritas species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes rolandi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes rufonotatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes rutai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes serra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes serratus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes testaceicornis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes testaceus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes tibialis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes tigmanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes tinianensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes variegata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes vittatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes wanati species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes zerchei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scirtes zwicki species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Scyrtes Latreille, 1829 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Scirtidae : Scyrtes |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1807 | Scirtes Illiger |
2002 | Eohelodites Hong p. 123 |
2002 | Eohelodites orbiculatus Hong p. 124 figs. Pl 10, fig 2; text-fig 2.6.67-72 |
2007 | Scirtes Solórzano Kraemer p. 33 |
2011 | Scirtes Bouchard et al. |
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!