Lepicerus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepiceroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Myxophaga Superfamilia: Lepiceroidea

Lepicerus Motschulsky, 1855: 14

Type species: Lepicerus inaequalis Motschulsky, 1855, by monotypy.

Cyathocerus Sharp, 1882
- Type species: Cyathocerus horni Sharp, 1882 [= Lepicerus inaequalis Motschulsky, 1855], by monotypy.
Haplochelus Kirejtshuk & Poinar, 2006 [syn.: Jałoszyński, Yamamoto & Takahashi, 2017]
- Gender: masculine.
- Type species: Haplochelus georissoides Kirejtshuk & Poinar, 2006, by original designation.
Lepiceroides Kirejtshuk & Poinar, 2013 (preoccupied by Lepiceroides Schedl, 1957 (Polyphaga: Curculionoidea: Curculionidae)) [syn.: Jałoszyński, Yamamoto & Takahashi, 2017]
- Type species: Lepiceroides pretiosus Kirejtshuk & Poinar, 2013.
Lepichelus Kirejtshuk & Poinar in Kirejtshuk, 2017 (replacement name for Lepiceroides Kirejtshuk & Poinar, 2013) [syn.: Jałoszyński, Yamamoto & Takahashi, 2017]

Jałoszyński, P., Yamamoto, S. & Takahashi, Y. 2017. Discovery of a new Mesozoic species of the ancient genus Lepicerus (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Lepiceridae), with implications for the systematic placement of all previously described extinct ‘lepiceroids’. Cretaceous Research 78: 95–102. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.001 . Reference page.
Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2017. Taxonomic notes on fossil beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Russian Entomological Journal 26(1): 35–36. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Poinar, G., Jr. 2006. Haplochelidae, a new family of Cretaceous beetles (Coleoptera: Myxophaga) from Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108(1): 155–164. BHL. Reference page.
Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Poinar, G., Jr. 2013. On the systematic position of the genera Lepiceroides gen. n. and Haplochelus, with notes on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the Myxophaga (Coleoptera). Pp. 55–69. In: Azar, D., Engel, M., Jarzembowski, E., Krogmann, L. & Santiago-Blay, J. (eds.) Insect Evolution in an Amberiferous and Stone Alphabet Brill, 210 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-21070-7 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-04-21071-4 (E-Book). DOI: 10.1163/9789004210714_006 . Reference page.
Motschulsky, V. de 1855. Voyages. Lettre de M. de Motschulsky a M. Ménétriés. No. 2. à bord du bateau à vapeur United-States, 20 Mars 1854. Études Entomologiques 4: 8–25. BHL Reference page.

Flowers, R.W., Shepard, W.D. & Troya Mera, R. 2010. A new species of Lepicerus (Coleoptera: Lepiceridae) from Ecuador. Zootaxa 2639: 35–39. Preview PDF. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2639.1.3 . Reference page.
Ge, S.-Q., Friedrich, F. & Beutel, R.G. 2010. On the systematic position and taxonomic rank of the extinct myxophagan †Haplochelus (Coleoptera). Insect Systematics & Evolution 41(4): 329–338. DOI: 10.1163/187631210X537385 . Reference page.
Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Beutel, R.G. & Newton, A.F. 2019. Lepicerus larva still unknown: a correction (Coleoptera: Lepiceridae, Phalacridae). Zootaxa 4545(3): 441–442. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.3.8 Reference page.