Protoscelis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea

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: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Anthribidae
Subfamilia: †Protoscelidinae
Genus: †Protoscelis
Species: †P. jurassica – †P. longicornis – †P. medvedevi – †P. nitidicornis – †P. parvula

Name

Protoscelis Medvedev, 1968: 156

Type species: Protoscelis jurassica Medvedev, 1968, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Cerambyomima Medvedev, 1968: 160 [syn. Legalov, 2013: 292]
  • Type species: Cerambyomima longicornis Medvedev, 1968, by original designation.
• Pseudomegamerus Medvedev, 1968: 158 [syn. Legalov, 2013: 292]
  • Type species: Pseudomegamerus grandis Medvedev, 1968 [= Cerambyomima longicornis Medvedev, 1968], by original designation.
• Protosceloides Medvedev, 1968: 159 [syn. Legalov, 2013: 292]
  • Type species: Protosceloides nitidicornis Medvedev, 1968, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Legalov, A.A. 2013. Review of the family Anthribidae (Coleoptera) from the Jurassic of Karatau: subfamily Protoscelinae. Genus Protoscelis Medvedev. Paleontological Journal 47(3): 292–302. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030113030064 .
• Medvedev, L.N. 1968. Жуки-листоеды Юры Каратау (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) [Leaf beetles of the Karatau Jurassic (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)] Pp. 155–165. In: Rohdendorf, B.B. (ed.) Юрские насекомые Каратау [Jurassic insects of Karatau]. Izdatelstvo "Nauka", Moscow, 252 pp., 25 pls. (in Russian). Google Books.