NOMEN: Pantophaga Klausnitzer 1975: 271, 272, 274 [B. Klausnitzer. Probleme der Abgrenzung von Unterordungen bei den Coleoptera. – Entomol. Abhandlungen Staatl. Mus. Tierkunde in Dresden, 1975, 40 (8): 269-275]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Klausnitzer 1975):
Adephaga + Myxophaga + Polyphaga
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Scarabaeus/fg (sine Cupes; incl. Cicindela)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE:
MODERN
STATUS: the valid, the
oldest monosemantic name of a taxon of unclear status.
Systematic position and classification
of Pantophaga:
| Coleoptera Archostemata Pantophaga Adephagi Myxophaga Polyphaga |