Magnocoleus
Magnocoleidae is an extinct family of beetles in the suborder Archostemata.[1] It was first described in 1998 by Hong, who attributes a single genus, Magnocoleus, to this family. The genus contains a single species Magnocoleus huangjiapuensis.[2] The species was extant during the Cretaceous between 130.0 and 125.45 Mya.[3]
| Magnocoleus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Archostemata |
| Family: | †Magnocoleidae Hong, 1998 |
| Genus: | †Magnocoleus Hong, 1998 |
| Species: | †M. huangjiapuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Magnocoleus huangjiapuensis Hong, 1998 | |
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References
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lawrence, John F.; Lyal, Chris H. C.; Newton, Alfred F.; Reid, Chris A. M.; Schmitt, Michael; Ślipiński, S. Adam; Smith, Andrew B. T. (April 2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. 88: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- Hong, Y. (1998). "A new early Cretaceous beetle family — Magnocoleidae fam. n. (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Hebei Province". Geoscience — Journal of Graduate School, China University of Geoscience (in Chinese). 12 (1): 40–48.
- "†Magnocoleus Hong 1998 (beetle)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
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