Archaeoripiphorus nuwa

Archaeoripiphorus nuwa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

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: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Ripiphoridae
Genus: Archaeoripiphorus
Species: Archaeoripiphorus nuwa

Name

Archaeoripiphorus nuwa Hsiao, Yu & Deng, 2017

Type locality: China, NE China, Daohugou, Shantou Township, Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia.

Type horizon: Jiulongshan Formation, Middle Jurassic, about 165 Ma (Gao & Ren 2006).

Holotype: CNU. nearly complete specimen in dorsal position; sex unknown (CNU-C-NN-2006841). (Key Laboratory of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University in Beijing, China)

References

Primary references

• Hsiao, Y., Yu, Y.L., Deng, C.S. & Pang, H. 2017. The first fossil wedge-shaped beetle (Coleoptera, Ripiphoridae) from the middle Jurassic of China. European Journal of Taxonomy 277: 1–13. Full article (PDF). Reference page.