Jurodidae

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Jurodidae
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic-Present
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Fossil of Jurodes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Archostemata
Family: Jurodidae
Ponomarenko, 1985
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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. [1] Their placement is uncertain, but are usually considered archostematans. [2] In one study, Sikhotealinia and Jurodes were considered a sister group to all other archostematan beetles. [3] 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. [4]

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References

  1. "Family Jurodidae". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  2. Yan, Evgeny V.; Wang, Bo; Ponomarenko, Alexander G.; Zhang, Haichun (2014-01-01). "The most mysterious beetles: Jurassic Jurodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from China" . Gondwana Research. 25 (1): 214–225. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.04.002. ISSN   1342-937X.
  3. 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. Bibcode:2014GondR..25..214Y. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.04.002.
  4. 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. Bibcode:2019SysEn..44..777L. doi:10.1111/syen.12355. ISSN   0307-6970. S2CID   202852115.

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