Lepiceridae

Lepicerus inaequalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepiceroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Myxophaga Superfamilia: Lepiceroidea

Familia: Lepiceridae
Genera (1 + 1†): Lepicerus – †Lepiceratus

Name

Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936 (1882)

Synonymy

• Cyathoceridae Sharp, 1882
  • Type genus: Cyathocerus Sharp, 1882 [= Lepicerus Motschulsky, 1855].
• Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936 (1882)
  • Type genus: Lepicerus Motschulsky, 1855.
• Haplochelidae Kirejtshuk & Poinar, 2006 [syn.: Ge, Friedrich & Beutel, 2010: 336 ('based on the results of the analyses and the great homogeneity we synonymize †Haplochelidae with Lepiceridae')]
  • Stem: Haplochel-
  • Type genus: Haplochelus Kirejtshuk & Poinar, 2006 [= Lepicerus Motschulsky, 1855].

References

Primary references

• Ge, S.-Q., Friedrich, F. & Beutel, R.G. 2010. On the systematic position and taxonomic rank of the extinct myxophagan †Haplochelus (Coleoptera). Insect Systematics & Evolution 41(4): 329–338. DOI: 10.1163/187631210X537385 . Reference page. 
• Hinton, H.E. 1936. Lepiceridae—a new name for the Cyathoceridae. Lepicerinus—a new name for the scolytid genus Lepicerus Eichh. (Coleoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 17(100): 472–473. DOI: 10.1080/00222933608655143 . Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Poinar, G., Jr. 2006. Haplochelidae, a new family of Cretaceous beetles (Coleoptera: Myxophaga) from Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108(1): 155–164. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Anton, E. & Beutel, R.G. 2006. On the head morphology of Lepiceridae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga) and the systematic position of the family and suborder. European journal of entomology 103: 85–95. PDF
• Arce-Pérez, R., Navarrete-Heredia, J.L. & Beutel, R.G. 2005. 6.1. Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936 (= Cyathoceridae). P. 45 in: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter.
• Jałoszyński, P., Yamamoto, S. & Takahashi, Y. 2017. Discovery of a new Mesozoic species of the ancient genus Lepicerus (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Lepiceridae), with implications for the systematic placement of all previously described extinct ‘lepiceroids’. Cretaceous Research 78: 95–102. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.001 . Reference page. 
• Jałoszyński, P., Luo, X.-Z., Hammel, J.U., Yamamoto, S. & Beutel, R.G. 2020. The mid-Cretaceous †Lepiceratus gen. nov. and the evolution of the relict beetle family Lepiceridae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Myxophaga). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(13): 1127–1140. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2020.1747561 . Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2017. Taxonomic notes on fossil beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Russian Entomological Journal 26(1): 35–36. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Poinar, G., Jr. 2013. On the systematic position of the genera Lepiceroides gen. n. and Haplochelus, with notes on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the Myxophaga (Coleoptera). Pp. 55–69. In: Azar, D., Engel, M., Jarzembowski, E., Krogmann, L. & Santiago-Blay, J. (eds.) Insect Evolution in an Amberiferous and Stone Alphabet Brill, 210 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-21070-7 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-04-21071-4 (E-Book). DOI: 10.1163/9789004210714_006 . Reference page. 
• Navarrete-Heredia, J.L., Cortés-Aguilar, J. & Beutel, R.G. 2005. New findings on the enigmatic beetle family Lepiceridae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga). Entomologische Abhandlungen 62(2): 193–201.
• Reichardt, H. 1976. Revision of the Lepiceridae (Coleoptera, Myxophaga). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 30(3): 35–42.

Links

• Lepiceridae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• ION search for Haplochelidae
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Haplochelus georrisoides. Version 07 August 2007 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. Family Haplochelidae Kirejtshuk et Poinar, 2006: atlas of extinct beetle taxa

Vernacular names

中文: 单跗甲科