Archostemata

Tenomerga mucida

Taxonavigation

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: Archostemata
Superfamiliae (4): †Asiocoleoidea – †Cupedoidea – †Rhombocoleoidea – †Schizocoleoidea

Source(s) of checklist:
Bouchard et al. (2011); Bouchard & Bousquet (2020)

Familiae incertae sedis: †Dictyocoleus – †Eurydictyon – †Kargalarva – †Notocupes – †Notocupoides – †Rhabdocupes – †Zygadenia

Genus incertae sedis: †"Moravocoleus" perditus

Overview of familiae (13)

Crowsoniellidae – Cupedidae – Jurodidae – Micromalthidae – Ommatidae – †Asiocoleidae – †Catiniidae – †Magnocoleidae – †Obrieniidae – †Phoroschizidae – †Rhombocoleidae – †Schizocoleidae – †Triadocupedidae

Source(s) of checklist:
Bouchard et al. (2011); Bouchard & Bousquet (2020)

Name

Archostemata Kolbe, 1908: 246

References

Primary references

• Kolbe, H.J. 1908. Mein System der Coleopteren. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 4 (4): 116–123, (5): 153–162, (6): 219–226, (7): 246–251, (8): 286–294, (10/11): 389–400. BHL.

Additional references

• Beutel, R.G. & Friedrich, F. 2008. The phylogeny of Archostemata (Coleoptera) and new approaches in insect morphology. Entomologia Generalis 31(2): 141–154. DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/31/2008/141 . Reference page. 
• Beutel, R.G., Ge, S.-Q. & Hörnschemeyer, T. 2007 (Online) 2008 (Print). On the head morphology of Tetraphalerus, the phylogeny of Archostemata and the basal branching events in Coleoptera. Cladistics 24(3): 270–298. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00186.x . Reference page. 
• Bouchard, P. & Bousquet, Y. 2020. Additions and corrections to “Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)”. ZooKeys 922: 65–139. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.922.46367 . Reference page. 
• Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC: 3088472 . Reference page. 
• Friedrich, F., Farrell, B.D. & Beutel, R.G. 2008 (Online) 2009 (Print). The thoracic morphology of Archostemata and the relationships of the extant suborders of Coleoptera (Hexapoda). Cladistics 25(1): 1–37. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00233.x . [Erratum: 2009. 25(2): 209. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00257.x .] Reference page. 
• Ge, S.-Q., Hörnschemeyer, T., Friedrich, F. & Beutel, R.G. 2011. Is Crowsoniella relicta really a cucujiform beetle? Systematic Entomology 36(1): 175–179. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00552.x . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Grebennikov, V.V. 2004. Review of larval morphology of the beetle suborder Archostemata (Insecta: Coleoptera) with emphasis on first-instar chaetotaxy. European Journal of Entomology 101: 273–292. PDF.
• Hörnschemeyer, T. 2005. 5. Archostemata Kolbe, 1908. Pp. 29-42 in: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter.
• Hörnschemeyer, T. 2009. The species-level phylogeny of archostematan beetles—where do Micromalthus debilis and Crowsoniella relicta belong? Systematic Entomology 34: 533–558. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00476.x . Reference page. 
• Hörnschemeyer, T., Goebbels, J., Weidemann, G., Faber, C. & Haase, A. 2006. The head morphology of Ascioplaga mimeta (Coleoptera: Archostemata) and the phylogeny of Archostemata. European Journal of Entomology 103: 409–423. PDF.
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2020. Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10(2): 73. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences10020073 . Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Nel, A. & Collomb, F.-M. 2010. New Archostemata (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the French Paleocene and Early Eocene, with a note on the composition of the suborder. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (n.s.) 46: 216–227. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697661 . Reference page. 
• Lawrence, J.F. 1999. The Australian Ommatidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata): new species, larva and discussion of relationships. Invertebrate Taxonomy 13(3): 369–390. DOI: 10.1071/IT99008 . Reference page. 
• Lawrence, J.F., Weir, T.A. & Pyke, J.E. 1987. Archostemata and Myxophaga. Pp. 6–16. In: Walton, D.W. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 4. Coleoptera: Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. ISBN 978-06-44-04896-5. DOI: 10.1163/9789004626638 . Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Newton, A.F., Xia, F.-Y., Liu, Y., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2023. Mesozoic Notocupes revealed as the sister group of Cupedidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1015627. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1015627 . Reference page. 
• I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2003 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1: Archostemata-Myxophaga-Adephaga. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-73-0, p. 25
• Ponomarenko, A.G. 2011. [New beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Vyazniki Locality, Terminal Permian of European Russia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2011(4): 55–63. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological Journal 45(4): 414–422. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030111040095 . PDF.] Reference page. 
• Ponomarenko, A.G. 2021. [Permian Triaplids (Coleoptera, Triaplidae), Yet Another Group of Mesozoic Beetles from the Terminal Permian]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2021(6): 63–75. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 55(6): 650–661. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030121050130 .] PDF. Reference page. 
• Prokin, A.A., Ponomarenko, A.G. & Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2019. Описание личинки Kargalarva permosialis gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Schizophoromorpha) из местонахождения Каргала [Description of a Larva of Kargalarva permosialis gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Schizophoromorpha) from the Kargala Fossil Site]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2019(3): 66–71. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 53(3): 282–286. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030119030110 . PDF.] Reference page. 
• Rozen, J.G., Jr. 1963. Two pupae of the primitive suborder Archostemata (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 65(4): 307–310. BHL.
• Tan, J. & Ren, D. 2009. 中国中生代原鞘亚目甲虫化石 [Mesozoic Archostematan Fauna from China]. Science Press, Beijing, 347 pp. ISBN 978-7-03-024607-3. Reference page. 

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2006. Archostemata. Version 01 January 2006 (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project

Vernacular names

English: archostematans
日本語: ナガヒラタムシ亜目 (始原亜目)
русский: Архостематы
中文: 原鞘亚目

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