Jurodidae
Temporal range:
Fossil of Jurodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Archostemata
Family: Jurodidae
Ponomarenko, 1985
Genera
Synonyms

Sikhotealiniidae

Jurodidae is a family of beetles that was originally described for the extinct genus Jurodes, known from the Middle-Late Jurassic of Asia. In 1996, a living species, Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae was discovered in the Sikhote-Alin mountains in southeastern Siberia, and assigned to this family. Their placement is uncertain, but are usually considered archostematans. In one study, Sikhotealinia and Jurodes were considered a sister group to all other archostematan beetles.[1] However, other authors have considered their placement within beetles as a whole uncertain, due to their mix characteristics of typical Archostemata, as well as Polyphaga and Adephaga.[2]

Subdivision

  • †Jurodes Ponomarenko 1985
    • †Jurodes ignoramus Ponomarenko, 1985 Ichetuy Formation, Buryatia, Russia, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
    • †Jurodes minor Ponomarenko, 1990 Glushkovo Formation, Zabaykalsky, Russia, Late Jurassic (Tithonian)
    • †Jurodes daohugouensis Yan, Wang, Ponomarenko & Zhang, 2014 Dahougou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
    • †Jurodes pygmaeus Yan, Wang, Ponomarenko & Zhang, 2014 Dahougou, China, Callovian
    • †Jurodes shartegiensis Yan 2014, Shar Teeg, Mongolia, Tithonian
  • Sikhotealinia Lafer, 1996
    • Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae Lafer, 1996

References

  1. ↑ Yan, Evgeny V.; Wang, Bo; Ponomarenko, Alexander G.; Zhang, Haichun (2014). "The most mysterious beetles: Jurassic Jurodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from China" (PDF). Gondwana Research. 25 (1): 214–225. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.04.002.
  2. ↑ Li, Yan-Da; Liu, Zhen-Hua; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Yin, Zi-Wei; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (October 2019). "Early evolution of Cupedidae revealed by a mid-Cretaceous reticulated beetle from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Archostemata)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (4): 777–786. doi:10.1111/syen.12355. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 202852115.

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