Sikhotealinia
Genus of beetles
| Sikhotealinia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Jurodidae |
| Genus: | Sikhotealinia Lafer, 1996 |
| Species: | S. zhiltzovae |
| Binomial name | |
| Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae Lafer, 1996 | |
Sikhotealinia is a genus of beetle containing a single species, Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae, which is the only living representative of the family Jurodidae. It was discovered in the Sikhote-Alin mountains in Russian Manchuria. This "living fossil" is unique in having three ocelli on its forehead, a condition otherwise unknown in the entire order Coleoptera, whether extinct or living - though it is common in other orders, and generally considered a groundplan character for neopteran insects. Sikhotealinia and its extinct relative Jurodes are considered as a sister group to all other archostematan beetles.[1]
References
- ^ 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.
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
- Illustration
- Most mysterious representative of beetles - Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae Lafer, 1996 Photos
