Jurodidae Explained
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 Dahougou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
- †Jurodes pygmaeus Dahougou, China, Callovian
- †Jurodes shartegiensis Yan 2014, Shar Teeg, Mongolia, Tithonian
- Sikhotealinia
- Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae Lafer, 1996
Further reading
- Leschen . R.A.B. . Beutel . R.G. . 2004 . Ocellar atavism in Coleoptera: plesiomorphy or apomorphy? . Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research . 42 . 1 . 63–69 . 10.1046/j.0947-5745.2003.00241.x . 56327166 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190302193929/http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bb3a/09ad07caf2763a742995734aa14d5b58827a.pdf . dead . 2019-03-02 .
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Notes and References
- Yan. Evgeny V.. Wang. Bo. Ponomarenko. Alexander G.. Zhang. Haichun. 2014. The most mysterious beetles: Jurassic Jurodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from China. Gondwana Research. en. 25. 1. 214–225. 10.1016/j.gr.2013.04.002. 2014GondR..25..214Y .
- 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 . en . 44 . 4 . 777–786 . 10.1111/syen.12355 . 2019SysEn..44..777L . 202852115 . 0307-6970.