Family Ademosynidae Ponomarenko, 1969: atlas of extinct beetle taxa

A.G.Kirejtshuk & А.G. Pоnоmаrеnkо

Composition of genera:

+ Dolichosyne Ponomarenko, 1969 (Middle Trias)

+ Gnathosyne Ponomarenko, 1969 (Upper Trias)

+ Ranis Ponomarenko, 1969 (Lower – Upper Jurassic)

+ Ademosyne Handlirsch, 1906 (Middle and Upper Trias)

+ Cephalosyne Ponomarenko, 1969 (Middle Trias)

+ Sphaerosyne Ponomarenko, 1969 (Lower Cretaceous)

+ Petrosyne Ponomarenko, 1969 (Lower Jurassic)

Dolichosyne rostrata Ponomarenko, 1969, holotype («2555/1735», collection PIN);

Body: wing-case from above; thorax and head from below and from within; Middle Trias, Dghаjlayauchо.
Photo by authors, made with the assistance of А.V. Маzin (PIN).

Dolichosyne sulcata Ponomarenko, 1969, holotype (negative print «2240/274», collection PIN);

Body: wing-case from above; thorax and head from below and from within; Middle Trias, Dghаjlayauchо.
Photo by authors, made with the assistance of А.V. Маzin (PIN).

Literature:

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

Пономаренко А.Г. 1969. Историческое развитие жесткокрылых-архостемат. (Труды Палеонтологического института АH СССР. 125) Москва. Наука. 1-239.

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.