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Superfamily Cucujoidea: atlas of extinct beetle taxa

A.G.Kirejtshuk

 

Protocucujidae Crowson, 1954 (Recent)

 

+ Parandrexidae Kirejtshuk, 1993 (Middle Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous)

 

Kateretidae Erichson, 1843 (Upper Eocene – Recent)

 

Helotidae Reitter, 1876/Chapuis, 1876 (Miocene - Recent)

 

Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802 (Lower Cretaceous - Recent)

 

Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858 (Upper Eocene - Recent)

 

Smicripidae Horn, 1879 (Lower Eocene – Recent)

 

Monotomidae Laporte, 1840 (Upper Eocene - Recent)

 

Boganiidae Sen Gupta et Crowson, 1966 (Lower Cretaceous - Recent)

 

Phloeostichidae Reitter, 1911 (Recent)

 

Silvanidae Kirby, 1837 (Lower Cretaceous – Recent)

 

Passandridae Erichson, 1845/Blanchard, 1845 (Upper Eocene - Recent)

 

Cucujidae Latreille, 1802 (Upper Eocene - Recent)

 

Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer, 1899 (Lower Eocene - Recent)

 

Propalticidae Crowson, 1952 (Upper Eocene - Recent)

 

Phalacridae Leach, 1815 (Upper Eocene - Recent)

 

Hobartiidae Sen Gupta, Crowson, 1966 (Recent)

 

Cavognathidae Sen Gupta, Crowson, 1966 (Recent)

 

Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1837 (Lower Cretaceous - Recent)

 

Lamingtoniidae Sen Gupta et Crowson, 1966 (Recent)

 

Languriidae Crotch, 1873 (Lower Cretaceous - Recent)

 

Erotylidae Latreille, 1802 (Upper Eocene - Recent)

 

Byturidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858 (Lower Cretaceous - Recent)

 

Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861 (Upper Eocene - Recent)

 

Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845 (Upper Eocene - Recent)

 

Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820 (Upper Eocene - Recent)

 

Alexiidae Imhoff, 1856 (Recent)

 

Endomychidae Leach, 1815 (Lower Eocene - Recent)

 

Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807 (Lower Eocene - Recent)

 

Corylophidae LeConte, 1852 (Lower Eocene - Recent)

 

Latridiidae Erichson, 1842 (Lower Cretaceous - Recent)

 

 

 

 

Literature:

 

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

 

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. 10th. Sassari 1974. 47-90.

 

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

 

Crowson R.A. 1989. Relations of beetles to cycads. Intern. Congr. Coleopterol. Barcelona, Se4pt. 18-23, 1988. Abstr. Vol. Barcelona. P. 94.

 

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

 

Kirejtshuk A.G. 2000. On origin and early evolution of the supefamily Cucujoidea (Coleoptera, Polyphaga) Comments on the family Helotidae. The Kharkov Entomological Society Gazette, 8 (1): 8-38.

 

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.

 

Soriano C., Kirejtshuk A.G., Delclos X. 2006. The Mesozoic Laurasian family Parandrexidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), new species from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. Palevol, 5: 277-284.