Lepiceridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepiceroidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Myxophaga Superfamilia: Lepiceroidea

Familia: Lepiceridae
Genera (1 + 1†): Lepicerus – †Haplochelus

Name

• Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936 (1882)

Synonyms

• Cyathoceridae Sharp, 1882
• Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936 (1882)
• Haplochelidae Kirejtshuk & Poinar, 2006
  • Original status: valid familia
  • Type genus: Haplochelus Kirejtshuk & Poinar, 2006
    • Citation: yes [p. 156]
  • Stem: Haplochel-
  • Authority for synonymy: Ge, Friedrich & Beutel, 2010: 336 ('based on the results of the analyses and the great homogeneity we synonymize †Haplochelidae with Lepiceridae')

Type genus

• Lepiceridae Hinton: Lepicerus Motschulsky, 1855
• Cyathoceridae Sharp: Cyathocerus Sharp, 1882 [=Lepicerus Motschulsky, 1855]

References

• Arce-Pérez, R.; Navarrete-Heredia, J.L.; Beutel, R.G. 2005: 6.1. Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936 (= Cyathoceridae). P. 45 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.
• Anton, E.; Beutel, R.G. 2006: On the head morphology of Lepiceridae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga) and the systematic position of the family and suborder. European journal of entomology, 103: 85–95. PDF
• 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
• Hinton, H.E. 1936: Lepiceridae - a new name for the Cyathoceridae. Lepicerinus - a new name for the scolytid genus Lepicerus Eichh. (Coleoptera). Annals and magazine of natural history (10), 17(100): 472-473. doi: 10.1080/00222933608655143 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: 155-164. Internet Archive BHL
• Navarrete-Heredia, J.L.; Cortés-Aguilar, J.; Beutel, R.G. 2005: New findings on the enigmatic beetle family Lepiceridae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga). Entomologische Abhandlungen, 62(2): 193-201.
• Reichardt, H. 1976: Revision of the Lepiceridae (Coleoptera, Myxophaga). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 30(3): 35-42.

links

• Lepiceridae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• ION search for Haplochelidae
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Haplochelus georrisoides. Version 07 August 2007 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. Family Haplochelidae Kirejtshuk et Poinar, 2006: atlas of extinct beetle taxa