Jurodidae

Jurodidae Temporal range: Middle Jurassic-Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Jurodes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Archostemata
Family:	Jurodidae Ponomarenko, 1985
Genera
†Jurodes Sikhotealinia
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

Further reading

• Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G. (2004). "Ocellar atavism in Coleoptera: plesiomorphy or apomorphy?" (PDF). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 42 (1): 63–69. doi:10.1046/j.0947-5745.2003.00241.x. S2CID 56327166. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-02.

External links

• Data related to Jurodidae at Wikispecies
• Illustration