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Catiniidae (beetle)
Catiniidae is an extinct family of beetles in the order Coleoptera. The family name Catiniidae Ponomarenko, 1968 is a junior homonym of Catiniidae Bocquet and Stock, 1957 in Crustacea. The name Coleocatiniidae Ponomarenko and Prokin, 2015 was created as a replacement name, but is unavailable as it was not based on an available genus group name at the time. In Kirejtshuk and Prokin (2018), Catiniidae was established as a synonym of Triaplidae Ponomarenko, 1977, but this synonymy is not supported by Ponomarenko (2021). Genera These six genera belong to the family Catiniidae: * †''Avocatinus'' Ponomarenko, 1969 * †''Catinius'' Ponomarenko, 1968 * †''Catinoides'' Ponomarenko, 1969 * †''Macrocatinius'' Ponomarenko, 1969 * †''Permocatinus'' Ponomarenko, 2021 * †''Triassocatinius'' Ponomarenko, 1969 The genera ''Cervicatinius'' and ''Forticatinius'' were originally placed in this family by Tan and Ren (2007), but were moved to the superfamily Cleroidea in 2010. References< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae (ladybirds or ladybugs) eat aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops. Beetles typically have a particularly hard e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
