Lepicerus georissoides

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 georissoides (Kirejtshuk & Poinar, 2006)

Holotype: POSU B-C-21. Sex unspecified.

Type locality: Cretaceous Burmese amber, Hukawng Valley, Myanmar (Burma).

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. & 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.

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.