Family Liadytidae Ponomarenko, 1977: atlas of extinct beetle taxa

A.G.Kirejtshuk & А.G. Pоnоmаrеnkо

Composition of Genus:

+ Liadytes Ponomarenko, 1977 (Lower, Middle and Upper Jurassic)

+ Angaragabus Ponomarenko, 1963 (Lower and Middle Jurassic)

Liadytes avus Ponomarenko, 1963, holotype («1670/388», collection PIN);

Body, from above; Lower Jurassic, Irkutskaaya Reg., Ust'-Bаlej (Tsheremkhvskaya Fm.).
Photo by authors, made with the assistance of A. Mazin (PIN).

Angaragabus jurassicus Ponomarenko, 1963, («2375/205», collection PIN);

Body of larva from one side; Jurassic.
Photo by authors, made with the assistance of A. Mazin (PIN).

Literature:

(Look also at the page Systematic list of fossil beetles of Cupedina, Carabina and Scarabaeina (1 part) )

Пономаренко А.Г. 1977. Подотряд Adephaga. Мезозойский этап эволюции Adephaga. В кн.: Мезозойские жесткокрылые. (Труды Палеонтологического института АH СССР. 161) Москва. Наука. 17-104.

Пономаренко А.Г., Жерихин В.В. 1980. Надотряд Scarabaeidea. Жесткокрылообразные. (Труды Палеонтологического института АH СССР. 175) Москва, Наука. 75-84.

Crowson R.A. 1975. The evolutionary history of Coleoptera as documented by fossil and comparative evidence. Atti Congr. naz. Ital. Entomol. 10^th. Sassari 1974. 47-90.

Crowson R.A. 1981. The Biology of the Coleoptera. London-New York-Toronto-Sydney-San Francisco, Academic press. 802 p.

Kirejtshuk A.G., 1991/1992. Evolution of mode of life as the basis for division of the beetles into groups of high taxonomic rank. M. Zunino, X. Belles, M. Blas, eds. Advances in Coleopterology. Baecelona, Ass. Europ. Coleopt. P. 249-261.

Ponomarenko A.G. 2002. 2.2.1.3.2 Superorder Scarabaeidea Laicharting, 1781, Order Coleoptera Linne, 1758. The beetles. In: Rasnitsyn, A.P. and Quicke, D.L.J. (eds). 2002. History of insects. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London: 164-180.

Genus Liadytes Ponomarenko, 1963 (Polyphaga: Liadytidae): atlas of extinct beetle taxa