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Family Nitidulidae: atlas of extinct beetle taxa

A.G.Kirejtshuk

 

A.G.Kirejtshuk , January 2008.

 

 

Сomposition of family:

 

Maynipeplinae Kirejtshuk, 1998 (Recent)

Calonecrinae Kirejtshuk, 1982 (Recent)

Epuraeinae Kirejtshuk, 1986 (Lower Cretaceous - Recent)

Carpophilinae Erichson, 1842 (Upper Eocene - Recent)

Amphicrossinae Kirejtshuk, 1986 (Recent)

Meligethinae C.G. Thomson, 1859 (Upper Eocene - Recent)

Nitidulinae Latreille, 1802 (Lower Cretaceous - Recent)

Cillaeinae Kirejtshuk et Audisio, 1986 (Lower Oligocene - Recent)

Cryptarchinae C.K. Thomson, 1859 (Upper Eocene - Recent)

Cybocephalinae Jacquelin du Val, 1858 (Lower Eocene - Recent)

 

 

Omositoidea pubescens Kirejtshuk et Poinar, 2007, holotype
(“C-7-392”, collection of Oregon State University –
Oregon State University, Corvallis).
Body, from above; Upper Eocene, Baltic amber.
Photo by H. Taylor, Natural History Museum in London

 

 

Literature:

 

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

 

а также essay on sap beetles.