Jurodidae is a family of
beetles
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
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
Siberia ( ; , ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states ...
, 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. 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
Polyphaga is the largest and most diverse suborder of beetles. It comprises 144 families in 16 superfamilies, and displays an enormous variety of specialization and adaptation, with over 350,000 described species, or approximately 90% of the b ...
and
Adephaga.
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
In the geological timescale, the Tithonian is the latest age (geology), age of the Late Jurassic Epoch and the uppermost stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 149.2 ±0.7 annum, Ma and 143.1 ±0.6 (mi ...
)
** †''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
References
Further reading
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External links
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Illustration
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Archostemata
Beetle families